For most tasks JRE is sufficient, but if you would like to be able to modify and recompile Verilog
language parsing you will need java compiler that comes with the full JDK
language parsing you will need java compiler that comes with the full JDK.
```
sudo apt-get install default-jdk
```
Eclipse Neon requires jdk version to be >= 1.8, in Eclipse you can select which one to use
(if there are multiple installed). Go to Window->Preferences->Java->Installed JREs
### Icarus Verilog
Icarus Verilog has to be compiled from the source code that is available in git repository:
```
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...
@@ -109,6 +113,14 @@ are added just before line
Additionally a fix is required to make menu tooltips visible (https://github.com/dirruk1/gnome-breeze/issues/7#issuecomment-109325330) :
«go to system settings > color > options and make sure "apply colors to non-Qt colors" is switched off, then log out and back in and see if the colors are normal. The tooltips are not supposed to have a light background.»
__Update for Eclipse Neon__: Tested, instructions above are still valid (including using GTK2 instead of GTK3),
in the installer the needed _Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers_ is __the second choice__ in the menu. You also need to
remove the following line:
-XX:+UseStringDeduplication
As it is not recognized on GNU/Linux (at least on my installation) and causes a crash at startup.
### Installation of VDT plugin itself
VDT plugin uses modified VEditor plugin for Eclipse and because of the license incompatibility
