How to install xTimeComposer 14.4.1 on Ubuntu

[SGapp]

Hey everybody,
I recently switched to Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS and struggeled a little bit to install xTimeComposer. I'm not very experienced with Ubuntu, so I decided to write a little tutorial on how I got xTimeComposer to work.

1. Download xTimeComposer from the XMOS Software Tools page: https://www.xmos.ai/software-tools/
2. Install a working JRE and JDK version. I initially used "apt install default-jre" which installed openjdk-11 and did result in an error message and not being able to start the xTimeComposer. It worked for me with

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apt install openjdk-8-jre
apt install openjdk-8-jdk

In case you have already installed an other version of Java, you can set your preferred version with

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update-alternatives --config java

3. Extract the .tgz Archive with

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tar -xzf installer.tgz -C your/directory

4. Switch to the directory you extracted it to and run

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source SetEnv

5. Try to start xTimeComposer with

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./xtimecomposer

6. In my case the application did not start and an error message popped up which did only display rectangles instead of charcters. A solution to that problem is described here.
In short: Comment out line 144 in Community_14.1.2/bin/xtimecomposer. (The line number seems to change from version to version but you will find it quickly)

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#$ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH} = "$installpath/xtimecomposer_bin/swtbrowserlibs:$ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH}";

7. Try to start xTimeComposer again.

After installing a working java version and commenting out line 144 as shown in step 6, I was able to start the xTimeComposer.
Hope this helps someone in the future. I certainly would have saved me a day or two.

Have fun.
Simon

[maxmatteo]

thanks!