Software Requirements
The StreamIt Development Tool has been thoroughly tested with Eclipse
version 2.1.1 and Sun
Java 2SE version 1.4.2. If you are using the IBM Java Runtime Environment,
you may encounter some problems related to the processing of XML files.
The StreamIt Development Tool also requires GEF
(Graphical Editor Framework) version 2.1.1.
Installing the Debugger
Before
installing the StreamIt Development Tool, make sure
the Eclipse workbench is not running.
Extract the
contents of the distribution zip file to the root directory of your Eclipse installation.
For
example, if you installed the Eclipse Project SDK on d:\eclipse-sdk then extract the contents of the distribution to d:\eclipse-sdk (the subdirectories
named eclipse should line up).
Start the
workbench. You can verify that the
debugger has been installed by clicking Window
> Preferences. In the Preferences
dialog that appears, verify that the StreamIt Editor option
exists in the preferences hierarchy.
Select the Plug-In Development
> Target Platform page and verify that the following
three plug-ins exist: