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First, Java11 must be installed

Mac OS User see here

2. Download Odysseus

Go to Odysseus Website to the Download section. Choose your operating system. Download the archive. (Remark: 32 bit versions are not longer available.)

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• Odysseus Studio introduces the interface, views and commands
• Run Nexmark Example shows a tutorial how to run an example that is based on the Nexmark benchmark, including a data generator.
• Hands on Data Stream Processing shows different tutorials how Odysseus can be used in different projects - including special hardware

A. Hints if installation/start fails

• Java 11 has to be used. Although Java 11 was installed, it may happen that a different version is used. Therefore, check if Java 11 is used. Check also, if JAVA_HOME is set correctly.
  
  • On windows, you can check the version by open the command line to tool (go on "start", and "run" and enter "cmd", then press OK. In the command line enter "java -version" and hit enter. You should see some lines beginning with "java version "1.11.XXXX". if command is not found or another version is shown, check your Java installation.

  • On MacOS, you may look at "B. Mac OS" in the next section.

• Be sure you downloaded the x86_64 version if you have a 64 bit operating system or the x86 version if you have a 32 bit operating system.

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Warning: Odysseus Studio currently does not run properly (or at all) on MacOS. Nevertheless, you can run the pure server product on MacOS.

To run Odysseus from the pre-compiled packages available to download you have to do the following steps.

1. Download and install Java 11
2. Download Odysseus from our homepage
3. Open the terminal (e.g. with spotlight)
4. Direct to the odysseus-folder, navigate to  ../Contents/Eclipse/
5. Run the following command:

java -XstartOnFirstThread -Xmx500M -Xms500M -Declipse.p2.mirrors=false -jar plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.4.0.v20161219-1356.jar --launcher.library org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.4.0.v20161219-1356 -console -nl en -debug -data @noDefault -showsplash de.uniol.inf.is.odysseus.rcp.base -Dorg.eclipse.swt.internal.carbon.smallFonts -clean

C. Installation under Linux

Odysseus should be installed for a single user. The user that starts the server process must have all rights to the installtion directory, else no new features can be installed and no features can be updated.

To run Odysseus you need a Java runtime environment in version 11.

sudo aptitude install default-jre

Download and unzip the Odysseus package to your local bin folder

mkdir –p ~/bin
wget –c http://odysseus.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/products/monolithic/lastBuild/de.uniol.inf.is.odysseus.studio.product.monolithic-linux.gtk.x86_64.zip -O ~/bin/odysseus.zip
unzip odysseus.zip –d ~/bin

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export PATH=~/bin/odysseus:$PATH

D. Running Odysseus Server on Raspberry Pi, Beagleboard Black Rev C

TODO: Minimal Platform needs to be Java 11

The Odysseus server component works on a Raspberry Pi. Simple install a recent raspian first. 

You should use a distinct user for odysseus.

After that, you should update/upgrade the system and install JavaJRE:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre

Tip: With the console-command raspi-config you can configure your RaspberryPi/BananiPi further (e.g. keyboard layout)

The following script will download and install Odysseus as a server-component

wget http://odysseus.offis.uni-oldenburg.de/download/products/server/lastBuild/odysseus.server.gtk.linux.x86.zip
unzip odysseus.server.gtk.linux.x86.zip

Alternatively, if multiple Odysseus-Instances should be connected (Peer-to-Peer-Network of RaspberryPi), you should download the Peer-Version of Odysseus:

wget http://odysseus.offis.uni-oldenburg.de/download/products/peer/lastBuild/odysseus.peer.gtk.linux.x86.zip
unzip odysseus.peer.gtk.linux.x86.zip

The following script will execute Odysseus (Server-Version) with respect to restarts due to possible future updates (downloadable: http://odysseus.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/products/server/startOdysseusServer )

wget http://odysseus.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/products/server/startOdysseusServer
chmod +x startOdysseusServer

#!/bin/bash
 
cd odysseus.server.gtk.linux.x86
 
while true; do
	java -Xmx500M -Xms500M -Declipse.p2.mirrors=false -jar plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.4.0.v20161219-1356.jar -console -debug -data @noDefault
	if [ "$?" != "23" ]; then
		break
	fi 
done

Attention: If you downloaded and installed the Peer-Version of Odysseus, you have to replace "server" with "peer" in the 3rd line (or download it from http://odysseus.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/products/peer/startOdysseus).
Attention: The script-file must be made executable with chmod +x startOdysseus

wget http://odysseus.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/download/products/peer/startOdysseus
chmod +x startOdysseus

For the standard Beagle board "unzip" and "java" must be installed:

apt-get update
apt-get install unzip
apt-get install openjdk-7-jre
// If multiple java versions are installed: choose the jdk to use. Must be at least java 7
update-alternatives --config java 

Start same as above the raspberry.

Further devices tested:

• Cubiboard use e.g. http://www.igorpecovnik.com/2013/12/24/cubietruck-debian-wheezy-sd-card-image/
• Cubiboard 3 (Cubietrack), Image use e.g. http://www.igorpecovnik.com/2013/12/24/cubietruck-debian-wheezy-sd-card-image/
• Banana Pi

For a "quick and dirty" way to start Odysseus automatically on startup, you have to edit the file /etc/inittab according to these instructions: http://elinux.org/RPi_Debian_Auto_Login

At the following to the end of the file .bashrc of the user (e.g., /home/pi/.bashrc)

cd
./startOdysseusServer

cd
./startOdysseus

Remark: For BeagleBone, autologin has to be activated like here described

http://embedded.von-kannen.net/2014/06/28/how-to-enable-autologin-debian/

Alternative:

(http://www.forum-raspberrypi.de/Thread-tutorial-automatisches-starten-von-scripte-programme-autostart)

Create a file odysseus in folder /etc/init.d/, give execute rights and replace DAEMON_PATH with your installation directoy, replace DAEMON with startOdysseusServer (startOdysseus in Peer)

/etc/init.d/odysseus start

/etc/init.d/odysseus stop

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