I’m trying to install BrightScript, but I’m having no luck. Does this link still work?
http://rokudev.roku.com/updates
BrightScript isn’t something you “install”. The BrightScript interpreter resides within each Roku device. The BrightScript code is written using any text editor and then deployed to your Roku device.
The instructions on the website say that you need to install BrightScript on Eclipse. That’s what I’m trying to do so I can edit and generate package files. The instructions say to use that URL to install BrightScript.
“Wanda” wrote:
The instructions on the website say that you need to install BrightScript on Eclipse. That’s what I’m trying to do so I can edit and generate package files. The instructions say to use that URL to install BrightScript.
Please give URL, so we can check what this is about? (where exactly did your read that?!)
“Wanda” wrote:
The instructions on the website say that you need to install BrightScript on Eclipse. That’s what I’m trying to do so I can edit and generate package files. The instructions say to use that URL to install BrightScript.
I see what you mean. The instructions for installing Eclipse are here: https://devtools.web.roku.com/ide/eclipse/plugin However, the link target no longer exists. Typical Roku documentation!
The same dead link is referred to in the Roku Developer Blog article: https://blog.roku.com/developer/2016/11/17/eclipse-plugin-update/
“belltown” wrote:
They refer to a link to add the Roku plugin: https://devtools.web.roku.com/ide/eclipse/plugin However, the link target no longer exists. Typical Roku documentation!
I thought the same, so i researched a few weeks ago. Turns out the plot is thicker here -
read more on http://github.com/rokudev/docs/issues/1 … -275974189
Let me ask this question in another way. Can you give me updated instructions on how to install BrightScript on Eclipse?
This is one how-to document that refers to the above URL: http://roku-ep.blogspot.com/2014/03/brightscript-plugin-installation-on.html
“Wanda” wrote:
Let me ask this question in another way. Can you give me updated instructions on how to install BrightScript on Eclipse?
That’s a 3rd party blog that, well has become outdated now apparently. Please follow/read these couple of links as given earlier - these should be current:
“belltown” wrote:
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The instructions for installing Eclipse are here: https://blog.roku.com/developer/2016/11/17/eclipse-plugin-update/
And not to forget RTFM: https://sdkdocs.roku.com/display/sdkdoc … ugin+Guide
How do I open an .md file?
“Wanda” wrote:
How do I open an .md file?
When i click on the 1st link (with .md) it just “magically” opens in my browser (as html) - what are you using to have a problem?
Regardless, start with the 3rd link i added - to the official manual
“Wanda” wrote:
This is one how-to document that refers to the above URL:http://roku-ep.blogspot.com/2014/03/brightscript-plugin-installation-on.html
Hey Wanda - can you please do me a favor and add a comment to that outdated blog the points to the new correct info? Let’s help other people that ran into it in the future
Now I’m getting an error message:
Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found.
Software being installed: BrightScript Core 1.2.0.201610272359 (com.roku.brightscript.ide.eclipse.core.feature.group 1.2.0.201610272359)
Missing requirement: BrightScript Core 1.2.0.201610272359 (com.roku.brightscript.ide.eclipse.core.feature.group 1.2.0.201610272359) requires ‘org.eclipse.dltk.core 5.0.0’ but it could not be found
The error message happened after I used this URL: https://devtools.web.roku.com/ide/eclipse/plugin
The pages with the bad links are:
https://sdkdocs.roku.com/display/sdkdoc … ugin+Guide
http://roku-ep.blogspot.com/2014/03/bri … on-on.html
This is the URL: http://rokuchannelmaker.com/plugin/
That is given in this YouTube video:
When viewing this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96s6aofHmnc
This is the URL given: http://rokuchannelmaker.com/plugin
“Wanda” wrote:
The pages with the bad links are:
https://sdkdocs.roku.com/display/sdkdoc … ugin+Guide
http://roku-ep.blogspot.com/2014/03/bri … on-on.html
“Wanda” wrote:
This is the URL: http://rokuchannelmaker.com/plugin/That is given in this YouTube video:
“Wanda” wrote:
When viewing this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96s6aofHmncThis is the URL given: http://rokuchannelmaker.com/plugin
Neither the sites nor the video you linked to are in any way affiliated with Roku, and are unlikely to be of much help, as such advice very quickly becomes out of date. The only official Roku documentation link you gave (at sdkdocs.roku.com) displays at the top of the page a note that the instructions are out of date, and refers you to the Roku Developer Blog.
Eclipse/BrightScript is notoriously difficult to install. I’ve attempted to install it myself on Windows on about 5 or 6 occasions, none of which were sucessful. I tried installing it one more time just now on a linux OS and, much to my surprise, was successful this time. Once I got the Java 8 JDK and JRE, and Eclipse, installed (the Neon version), I followed the official Roku instructions to install the BrightScript plugin, https://devtools.web.roku.com/ide/eclipse/plugin. Everything worked as advertised.
Note that the https://devtools.web.roku.com/ide/eclipse/plugin is not a web page address, so you won’t be able to navigate to it with your web browser. You just enter the link in the ‘Location:’ field after you’ve made it as far as: Eclipse > Help > Install New Software > Add… , as described in the documentation.
I am getting this same error, and I am going through roku developer documentation using help.install new software. i put int the link in location https://devtools.web.roku.com/ide/eclipse/plugin
and try to install, it goes through 15 tries and gives me this error and wont install roku plugin
Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found.
Software being installed: BrightScript Core 1.2.0.201903201715 (com.roku.brightscript.ide.eclipse.core.feature.group 1.2.0.201903201715)
Missing requirement: BrightScript Plugin 1.2.0.201903201715 (com.roku.brightscript.plugin 1.2.0.201903201715) requires ‘osgi.bundle; org.eclipse.dltk.core [5.0.0,6.0.0)’ but it could not be found
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: BrightScript Core 1.2.0.201903201715 (com.roku.brightscript.ide.eclipse.core.feature.group 1.2.0.201903201715)
To: org.eclipse.equinox.p2.iu; com.roku.brightscript.plugin [1.2.0.201903201715,1.2.0.201903201715]
what am i doing wrong here?
What version of Eclipse are you using? I remember needing dltk for earlier versions of Eclipse…
Follow the instructions on this page https://developer.roku.com/docs/developer-program/getting-started/ide-support.md
Downloading the Java version 8 is important. Unfortunately oracle requires you to create an account now.
Not sure if the Plugin works with the newest version of Eclipse. Neon should work. I am using Mars and it is stable.
Installing Eclipse and the plugin
Perform the following steps:
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Download Java version 8: oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre8-downloads-2133155.html
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Download the latest version of the Eclipse Installer (currently version “Neon”) for Java IDE Developers: eclipse.org/downloads/installer-instructions.php
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Add the Roku Plugin package via Eclipse > Help > Install New Software > Add…
- Name: Roku Plugin
- Location: https://devtools.web.roku.com/ide/eclipse/plugin
- Follow the instructions and click Next… then Finish
