Make Agents Yourself

h1. SpeADL MAY Installation

h2. Java Development Kit

You will need to install the Java Development Kit (JDK) in order to run Eclipse.

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

h2. Eclipse Kepler

You will need the Eclipse "*Kepler*":https://www.eclipse.org/kepler/ (support for "*Luna*":https://www.eclipse.org/luna/ is currently being tested but seems to work without guarantees) distribution. 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 as well as the update site of the Xtext framework.

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

For the Xtext update site, click *Add...* and enter the following informations:

*Name* : xtext

*Location* : http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/tmf/xtext/updates/composite/releases/

For the MAY update site, click again *Add...* and enter the following informations:

*Name* : may

*Location* : http://www.irit.fr/~Victor.Noel/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 previously added update site in the drop-down list.

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

Then click *Next* and it will take some times 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: [[SpeADL MAY Project SetUp]].