Configuring the MDG Link for Eclipse Add-In using Wine

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To run MDG Link for Eclipse in the native version of Eclipse, Enterprise Architect's Plug-in jar files must be copied to the Plug-ins directory of the Eclipse installation. Copy the necessary jar files from your Enterprise Architect installation under Wine to your Eclipse installation.

Two sample copy commands are shown here, with the jar file paths corresponding to 64 bit and 32 bit Wine installations respectively. You can copy one of these samples and replace the 'PATH_TO_ECLIPSE_DIR' text with your Eclipse installation path.

• cp  ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Sparx\ Systems/EA/*.jar  PATH_TO_ECLIPSE_DIR/plugins
• cp  ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Sparx\ Systems/EA/*.jar  PATH_TO_ECLIPSE_DIR/plugins

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Start Eclipse and load the project to link to Enterprise Architect.

Note: We recommend running Eclipse natively due to potential compatibility issues between Java and Wine that can manifest when running Eclipse via Wine

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Start Enterprise Architect (via Wine) and open a project.

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Configure the MDG Link for Eclipse connection options by invoking Enterprise Architect's 'Eclipse Options' dialog.

From the ribbon choose:  'Specialize > Add-Ins > Eclipse > Options'.

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Since Windows paths differ from Linux/macOS paths, you need to specify how file paths are handled in the 'Options' dialog, as illustrated.

Replace 'Y:' with the path you use in Wine.

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To link to an Eclipse project:

• Select a Package in Enterprise Architect's Browser window
• From the ribbon, choose 'Specialize > Add-Ins > Eclipse > Connect External Project'

Select the project you opened in Eclipse using the 'Connections' dialog.