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
```
### Icarus Verilog
Icarus Verilog has to be compiled from the source code that is available in git repository:
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and any other versions of VEditor installed will conflict with VDT.
There are still issues with GTK3 (refresh of the windows content, animated icons), all seems
to work if Gtk3 is disabled (Gtk2 used instead) by adding the following 2 lines in the eclipse.ini file.
to work if Gtk3 is disabled (Gtk2 used instead) by adding the following 2 lines in the eclipse.ini
file (it is in the same directory as eclipse executable) .
```
--launcher.GTK_version
2
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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 in eclipse.ini. By default Neon installs executable and ini file to ~/eclipse/jee-neon/:
-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
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