Getting ICE

This page describes the process by which users can download and use the binary version of ICE. We recommend most users use the binary, however, for those who are adventurous at heart, detailed instructions on building ICE from the source code are available on the ICE Build Instructions page.

Prerequisites

ICE requires Java 1.6 or greater. Sun's version of Java can be used on Linux, Windows or Mac and the OpenJDK can also be used Linux and Mac. The ICE Development Team prefers the OpenJDK on Linux systems. Some tools in ICE also require the installation of third-party libraries. While it's not necessary to install these libraries to run ICE, the Reactors and Visualization perspectives will not work correctly without them. ICE assumes these third party libraries are located in the default installation directories; see the Tips and Tricks section for dealing with installations in non-default locations.

HDF5

ICE requires the HDF5 native and Java libraries installed locally to use the ReactorAnalyzer tools. Note that the HDF5 and HDF-Java libraries must be included in your system's PATH variable. For example, for HDF libraries installed on Windows in the default locations, the following paths would need to be added to the %PATH% variable:

C:\Program Files\HDF_Group\HDFView\2.10.1\lib
C:\Program Files\HDF_Group\HDF5\1.8.14\lib

VisIt

ICE requires VisIt 2.8.2 be installed on a local or remote machine to use the VisIt Viewer tool.

3D Graphics

ICE also requires that your system has 3D rendering enabled to edit geometries, which is normally done by installing the 3D graphics drivers from the vendor of your graphics card. You should consult your IT specialist if you do not know how to enable this on your own.

Downloading ICE

Our binary build is temporarily unavailable here. If you'd like to obtain the binary version of ICE, please contact us at ice-dev <at> eclipse.org

The latest stable version of ICE is version 2.1.6. The binary distribution is a fully-functional, full-featured, executable version of ICE that includes everything except for the Java Virtual Machine, third-party libraries and plug-ins currently in development.

You should select the appropriate file named ICE2.x.y-*.zip where the * is the correct operating system and processor architecture for your system and x and y are major and minor version numbers. For example, ICE2.1.6-win32.win32.x86_64.zip is ICE version 2.1.6 for 64-bit Windows. The choices are as follows:

Binary version	Operating System
ICE2.x.y-win32.win32.x86_64.zip	64-bit versions of Windows, including most installations of Windows Vista, 7 and 8
ICE2.x.y-win32.win32.x86.zip	32-bit versions of Windows, including most installations of Windows XP
ICE2.x.y-macosx.cocoa.x86_64.zip	64-bit Mac, including most OS X installations (10.4.7 "Tiger" and newer)
ICE2.x.y-macos.cocoa.x86.zip	32-bit Mac, including some OS X installations (10.4.4 "Tiger" to 10.6.8 "Snow Leopard")
ICE2.x.y-linux.gtk.x86_64.zip	64-bit Linux running GTK (most flavors of Linux)
ICE2.x.y-linux.gtk.x86.zip	32-bit Linux running GTK

On a 64-bit installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL6), the ICE.product-linux.gtk.x86_64.zip version of ICE is the appropriate choice.

Running ICE

Once you download the appropriate zip file for your operating system, extract it to a directory of your choice. No additional installation steps are required because ICE is executed directly from this directory.

Windows

In the file browser, navigate to the folder where you extracted ICE. In the ICE folder, double-click ICE.exe. On Linux and Mac systems, you may follow the same procedure, but the ICE executable is only called ICE on those systems.

Macs

You may get a message that says that ICE is from an unidentified developer and cannot be opened. In the file browser, you can right-click the executable, click "Open" in the menu that appears and then click "OK" when prompted again. Alternatively, ICE may be executed from the command line on Linux and Mac systems.

Linux

ICE may be executed from the command line on Linux systems by navigating to the folder where ICE was extracted, and then issuing the command ./ICE.

When ICE runs, it will stream data to a console window that displays debug information as the environment is used. You may safely ignore this window while you are working by keeping it minimized or in the background.

What if ICE fails to run?

If ICE fails to run, email us directly at ice-dev <at> eclipse.org. If you believe that you have identified a bug, please report it to our bug tracker.