Installing a Stand-alone IDE

The REDHAWK IDE leverages Java technologies and requires Java 8. The IDE also includes native libraries that allow the IDE to have a look and feel appropriate for the OS. A minimum of 2 GB of RAM is required, but 4 GB+ is recommended.

The following procedure explains how to install a stand-alone IDE.

1. Ensure your system has the appropriate dependencies installed.

   On RHEL/CentOS 7:

   sudo yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel PackageKit-gtk3-module libcanberra-gtk3 libwebkit2gtk

   On RHEL/CentOS 6:

   sudo yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel PackageKit-gtk-module libcanberra-gtk2 webkitgtk

2. Locate the appropriate archive from the REDHAWK release page on GitHub (https://github.com/RedhawkSDR/redhawk/releases/<version>). (Where <version> corresponds to the version of the REDHAWK IDE. For example, https://github.com/RedhawkSDR/redhawk/releases/2.0.3).

3. Run the following command:

   tar zxf redhawk-ide-<version>-linux.gtk.<arch>.tar.gz

   Where <version> corresponds to the version of the REDHAWK IDE and <arch> is x86_64 for 64-bit systems.

4. Start the IDE by running the eclipse executable in the eclipse directory.