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LOUI development is best done in with the eclipse IDE. Java 5 and eclipse 3.5 are the appropriate minimum acceptable versions for development. It is recommended required to download the full Eclipse SDK (e.g. eclipse-SDK-3.5.2-macosx-cocoa-x86_64.tar.gz) and Delta Pack from the eclipse download site. If one wants to create products for multiple platforms, downloading the eclipse Delta Pack and setting up a "Target Platform" would also be required.
Each required plugin which is not part of the standard eclipse SDK is in the source repository as its own project. Current list of required projects for one of the LOUIs, e.g. NASA42, is:
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