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This tutorial is just a quick tech-note to install [http://www.shiffman.net/p5/kinect/ Daniel Shiffman's Processing library] and make it work with Eclipse.  This tutorial assumes a '''Mac platform'''.
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=System Snapshot=
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* Mac OS Lion
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* MacPro
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* Processing 1.5
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* Eclipse  Helios Service Release 1
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=Downloads=
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* Get Processing (if you don't have it already)
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* Get Shiffman's [http://www.shiffman.net/p5/libraries/openkinect/openkinect.zip openkinect.zip] ([[media:openkinect.zip|cached]]).
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* Install Eclipse if necessary
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=Steps=
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==New Project==
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* Create a new Java project in Eclipse
  
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==Get the Processing core library==
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* Right-click (or Ctrl-click) on the project, and click on '''Import'''
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* From the import menu, click ''''File System'''
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* Browse through your hierarchy of files and find the '''core.jar''' file inside the '''Processing.app''' application folder.  On my machine, this was located in ''/Applications/Processing.app/Contents/Resources/Java''
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* Click on the box next to '''core.jar''' and then click on '''Finish'''
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==Add the core library to the build path==
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* Click on the project, right click on it, and select '''Properties'''
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* In the '''Libraries''' tab, click '''Add Jar''', then open up your project in the new window, and select '''core.jar'''.
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* You should have a new library in your build path:
 
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Revision as of 14:41, 4 November 2011

--D. Thiebaut 15:21, 4 November 2011 (EDT)


This tutorial is just a quick tech-note to install Daniel Shiffman's Processing library and make it work with Eclipse. This tutorial assumes a Mac platform.


System Snapshot

  • Mac OS Lion
  • MacPro
  • Processing 1.5
  • Eclipse Helios Service Release 1

Downloads

  • Get Processing (if you don't have it already)
  • Get Shiffman's openkinect.zip (cached).
  • Install Eclipse if necessary

Steps

New Project

  • Create a new Java project in Eclipse

Get the Processing core library

  • Right-click (or Ctrl-click) on the project, and click on Import
  • From the import menu, click 'File System
  • Browse through your hierarchy of files and find the core.jar file inside the Processing.app application folder. On my machine, this was located in /Applications/Processing.app/Contents/Resources/Java
  • Click on the box next to core.jar and then click on Finish

Add the core library to the build path

  • Click on the project, right click on it, and select Properties
  • In the Libraries tab, click Add Jar, then open up your project in the new window, and select core.jar.
  • You should have a new library in your build path:


KinectEclipseBuildPath1.png