Re: [Swarm-Support] no javaswarm in java.library.path

[Bill Northcott]

On 21/01/2007, at 11:48 PM, Alexander Stomper wrote:
> i am trying to install Swarm to run it out of Eclipse (2.3.1). I  
> followed
> the install guides
> http://www.swarm.org/wiki/Swarm_FAQ:Macintosh_installation
> and
> http://www.swarm.org/images/e/ec/How-to_use_JavaSwarm_in_Eclipse.pdf
>
> That is, I wrote the following .profile file to be included in my  
> home:
>
> -----
>
> set SWARMHOME="/usr/local/swarm2.2"
> export SWARMHOME
>
> set DISPLAY=:0.0
> .........................................

The HowTo is written for Windows, in which you can set environment  
variables for GUI applications using a tab in System properties.   
MacOS X does not have an equivalent GUI.  Application programmers are  
supposed to setup their environment and not expect the user to do it!

Altering ~/.profile, as you are doing, will only set up the  
environment for a bash shell or anything started from it.  ~/.profile  
is not run at login.  So you need to start Eclipse from within the  
bash shell with a command like:

open /Applications/eclipse/Eclipse.app

Obviously the path needs to reflect where you have the Eclipse.app  
installed.

If you start Eclipse by double clicking in the Finder, you will  
inherit the Finder's environment.  This can be set up with an XML file
~/.MacOSX/Environment.plist containing key/value pairs for the  
environment variables.  This IS read at login.  So to activate  
changes, you need to log out and back in again - a pain.  There is a  
handy editor for XML plist files included in Apple's free developer  
tools, which I presume you have.

If you are happy to grovel in the Eclipse package, you can add  
environment variables purely for Eclipse by adding an LSEnvironment  
dictionary to the file Eclipse.app/Contents/Info.plist

See:
http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1067.html
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/ 
BPRuntimeConfig/Articles/EnvironmentVars.html
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/ 
BPRuntimeConfig/Articles/PListKeys.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/ 
20001431-106825
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/ 
OSX_Technology_Overview/CommandLine/chapter_8_section_4.html

Hope this works for you.

Bill Northcott