Make Agents Yourself

h1. MAY Installation

h2. Java Development Kit

You will need to install the Java Development Kit (JDK), at least version 1.7 (as previous versions are not supported anymore).

You can download it here if you don't have it already: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/

h2. Eclipse

You will need the Eclipse "*Luna*":https://www.eclipse.org/luna/ distribution - "*direct download link*":https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-java-developers/lunasr2 (it should also work with "*Kepler*":https://www.eclipse.org/kepler/). The "Standard" or "For Java Developers" editions will be fine.

If you are behind a proxy you may need to configure Eclipse for it, but this is out of scope of this installation guide.

h2. Add the Make Agents Yourself Update Site

Now you are ready to install the MAY plugin for Eclipse. For that, you need to add its update site:

Go to *Help* / *Install New Software...*

Click *Add...* and enter the following information:

*Name*: MAY

*Location*:  http://victornoel.github.io/may/update-may-3

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h2. Install the Make Agents Yourself Plugin

Then in order to actually install the plugin, select the MAY update site in the drop-down list.

Expand the *Make Agents Yourself* category and select the desired version (the last is at the top).

Then click *Next* and it will take some time calculating requirements and dependencies.

Click *Next* again when it shows you the install details and accept the terms of the licence agreements, then *Finish*.

Click *OK* when you get the security warning, and accept to restart Eclipse now.

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h2. Next Steps

Next, you can create an Eclipse project and define a SpeADL architecture using MAY.

See [[MAY Project Setup]] for documentation.

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