Processing and Sublime: installing processing-java

Urahara

Hi, I'm trying to install processing-java to start using Processing in Sublime. (Processing 3.3.6, Sublime 3 unregistered, Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS). The tutorial that I use says: after installing Package Control and Processing package (which I did) open Processing and do Tools > Install "processing-java". However, under Tools I don’t have this option. I found Atom instruction saying to add PATH https://atom.io/packages/processing and tried it, but it says file exists:

xxx:~/Develop/Java/skillshare1$ sudo ln -s /Home/Scripts/processing-3.3.6/processing-java /usr/local/bin/ ln: failed to create symbolic link '/usr/local/bin/processing-java': File exists

Message in Sublime console when I try to run my sketch:

[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'processing-java' [cmd: ['processing-java', '--force', '--sketch=/home/tge/Develop/Java', '--output=/home/tge/Develop/Java/build-tmp', '--present']] [dir: /home/tge/Develop/Java] [path: /home/tge/bin:/home/tge/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin] [Finished]

What am I doing wrong and how to fix this to be able to launch Processing programs from Sublime?

Sorry if this is a wrong thread to post this question, I was not sure where to publish it.

Thank you!

kfrajer

but it says file exists

If file exist in the destination folder, then I am guessing there is no need to create the symbolic link. You can confirm the file is there by typing ls /usr/local/bin/processing-java

You can check if this cmd runs properly by using it directly on a sample sketch, invoking this command manually in your console. If you want to test this, follow the instructions below: Test processing-java command manually.

What instructions are you following to install sublime beside the atom link? I found this one from https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/23905/building-processing-sketches-in-sublime-3-in-arch-linux/p1. You can search prev posts and see if if you find relevant posts: https://forum.processing.org/two/search?Search=sublime

Kf

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Test processing-java command manually

The next to work, you need to have your path to the processing-java executable in your PATH (ask below if you don't know about this). Go to a folder that contains a pde folder which it contains your pde file. For instance:

cd /home/kf/Processing/mySketches

If you run processing-java by itself, it provides instructions how to run the command. Next, I assume you have a demo.pde in a folder demo in the current directory. Then you can test processing-java runs by typing:

processing-java --force --sketch=/home/kf/Processing/mySketches/demo --output=/home/kf/Processing/mySketches/demo/tmp --run

This is exactly describe in the instructions above when executing processing-java by itself. This should compile and run your sketch. I don't have a linux machine to test this atm, but you might need to add sudo to the above command if you are having permission issues.

Urahara

Thank you for your reply kfrajer! It appeared that I created a wrong symbolic link and path (paths were incorrect). How I fixed my problem:

1. Deleted wrong link (rm java-processing from /usr/local/bin/processing-java)

2. Rerun 2 commands correctly (1st adds environment variable, 2nd creates symbolic link to executable file): :~/Scripts/processing-3.3.6$ export PATH=$PATH:/home/tge/Scripts/processing-3.3.6/processing :~/Scripts/processing-3.3.6$ sudo ln -s /home/tge/Scripts/processing-3.3.6/processing-java /bin/processing-java