HOW TO START MARY FROM ECLIPSE

Initial Setup:

• Install JDK 1.5 and JRE 1.5 in your system from ​http://java.sun.com/

• Download Eclipse Classic from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

• Install the subversion(svn) Eclipse plugin by following the link: http://www.eclipse.org/subversive/documentation/gettingStarted/aboutSubversive/install.php

How to import Mary into Eclipse:

When ready with all setups installed on your system,

• Open Eclipse

• Then click on File>Import>SVN

• Under SVN select “Project from SVN” and next.

• Create new repository location so that you can checkout a project from SVN repository.

• Click next and type the link https://mary.opendfki.de/repos/ under URL column and click next

• Now to select a resourse, which will be checked out on a project, please type https://mary.opendfki.de/repos/trunk under URL tab and then click next and finish.

• By this time you should be able to see Open Mary in Eclipse

Few Mandatory Eclipse Configurations:

Under 'Menu', Goto Windows → Preferences, try the following changes:

• Java version used: "Java"->"installed JREs" must be JAVA 1.5

• Open Eclipse → File → Run as → Run configuration:

• Click "New" in order to add a Mary process under Java Application tab. Now provide the following information:

• Name=Mary

• In "Main" Tab → "Main class"= marytts.server.Mary; “Project”= OpenMary

• In the "Arguments" tab, add the following lines into the "VM Arguments" field:

-Xmx256m -Dmary.base=$MARY_BASE -ea

• For debugging informations displayed in Eclipse, you also have to add the following:

-Dlog.tofile=false -Dlog.level=debug

In the end replace “$MARY_BASE” with the current path of the installed openmary(eg: “home/user/workspace/openmary” if using Linux) and make sure that the path name is under inverted commas.

• Click "Apply" to save these settings.

• Run it from Run configuration window. It should run by this time.

If you want to start a MARY Client, open following link in web browser,

http://HostName:59125/ (HostName = MARY Server running system);

Ex: http://localhost:59125/)