iDempiere installation on Linux

1) Open a Linux terminal using Ctrl + Alt +t, then write next line:

sudo apt-get install postgresql-9.X
sudo apt-get install mercurial
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk
sudo update-alternatives --config javac
sudo update-alternatives --config java
cd Documents/
mkdir iDempiereSource
cd iDempiereSource/
hg clone https://bitbucket.org/idempiere/idempiere

2) Wait until iDempiere source be downloaded.

3) Move source folder to Eclipse workspace

mv Documents/iDempiereSource/iDempiere /home/user/workspace/

4) Create "targetPlatform" folder into project.

cd /home/user/workspace/iDempiere/
mkdir targetPlatform

5) Open Eclipse Mars (Java 7 Needed)

6) Select as workspace the next URL

/home/usuario/workspace/iDempiere

7) Install Mercurial Eclipse Plugin

• Open the eclipse just installed
• Navigate to Help > Install New Software
• Push the "Add" button
• Fill Name: Mercurial Eclipse
• Fill Location: http://mercurialeclipse.eclipselabs.org.codespot.com/hg.wiki/update_site/stable/ 

• Or

• https://bitbucket.org/mercurialeclipse/update-site/raw/default/

8) Install Buckminster

• Open the eclipse just installed
• Navigate to Help > Install New Software
• Push the "Add" button
• Fill Name: Buckminster
• Fill Location: http://download.eclipse.org/tools/buckminster/updates-4.4
  • NOTE: To work with iDempiere 2.1 you must use http://download.eclipse.org/tools/buckminster/updates-3.7
• OK
• When the list of packages appears select
  • Buckminster - Core
  • Buckminster - Maven support
  • Buckminster - PDE support
    • The rest are not required
• Complete the installation pushing Next .... accepting the license and then Finish 

9) Click in File > Import > General > Existing Projects into Workspace and then select iDempiere root directory.

10) One more time, click in File > Import > Buckminster > Materialize from Buckminster MSPEC, CQUERY or BOM.

11) Then click in "Menu > Project > Clean ... > Ok"

12) Click in "Run > Run Configurations > Eclipse Appplication > install app" and define the server parameters.

13) Finally, click in "Run > Run Configurations > Eclipse Application > server.product"