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{{man note|Prerequisites:|A JRE (Java Runtime Environment) has to be installed.}}

To use Eclipse you'll need two folders. 
* A folder where you install Eclipse.  E.g., <code>~/devel/eclipse_installs/</code>
* A folder that will be the workspace. E.g., <code>~/devel/eclipse_workspaces/gramps</code>

Download an Eclipse package from [https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ Eclipse.org]. Unzip the file into <code>~/devel/eclipse_installs/</code> and run the eclipse binary in <code>~/devel/eclipse_installs/eclipse</code> when asked for a workspace, enter <code>~/devel/eclipse_workspaces/gramps</code>

== Installing Pydev and Pylint==

Get pydev from the [http://www.pydev.org/download.html pydev download site].

Follow the [http://www.pydev.org/manual_101_install.html installation tutorial]

On Ubuntu, the python interpreter can be found at <code>/usr/bin/python</code>

<code>sudo apt-get install pylint</code>

Go to: {{man menu|window > preferences > pydev > pylint}} tick {{man label|[ ] Use pylint}} and enter <code>/usr/bin/pylint</code> as the pylint path.

== Installing EGit ==
Follow the [http://www.eclipse.org/egit/download/ download instructions] to install the [http://www.eclipse.org/egit/ EGit] plugin.

Open the Git perspective and add a repository. 

* Github:
** See [https://wiki.eclipse.org/EGit/User_Guide#GitHub_Tutorial EGit/User_Guide#GitHub_Tutorial]

* Sourceforge( no longer used):
** <code>ssh://<username>@git.code.sf.net/p/gramps/source</code>

Select Checkout project using new project wizard. Select pydev project wizard.

==See also==
* [[Running a development version of Gramps]]

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