Eclipse Configuration for ELKI

Eclipse is the main development environment for ELKI, and thus the best supported.

1. Install a Java 8 JDK (Java 11 should be fine, if you bump the version number in build.gradle; Java 17 currently does not work with Gradle yet)
2. Install a recent version of Eclipse.
3. On GitHub either “fork” the project (to have your personal writable copy) or use the read-only clone uri: https://github.com/elki-project/elki.git

4. In Eclipse, Import from Git, Clone URI.

   

   Choose a destination folder - we usually do keep this in the Eclipse workspace folder rather than the Eclipse suggestion. Import as “general project”.

   

5. Right-Click the project, and choose “Configure”, “Add Gradle nature”. You should see many more projects appear.

   

6. Optional: In “Gradle Tasks”, choose “elki-project, ide, eclipse”. This will install some code formatters and templates. Refresh the project afterwards.

   

   (If you do not have the “Gradle Tasks”, you can open it via “Window, Show View, Other …”)

1. You can now run the ELKI MiniGUI:

   

   If the entry is not yet in the dropdown, choose “Run Configurations …” and it should be in the “Java Application” category.