Develop J2ME apps on a modern linux system
It has been more than a year now, since I posted how to set up J2ME dev environment on a modern Linux system. Some people have contacted me about it, I contacted some people about it - long story short, if you follow the guide step by step, you will not end up with a working dev environment.
So here comes my second attempt for a guide to setup a Linux system with all necessary things to develop J2ME apps comfortably in an IDE with debugger etc.| Please note: When you can use Windows, please try go install Java ME 3.4 with Eclipse 4.2 and go from there. |
- Have a Ubuntu-based Linux installation (amd64 architecture, arm is not tested by me)
- Install 32bit-versions of some libraries:
sudo apt install libc6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxtst6:i386 libxi6:i386 libxt6t64:i386 libstdc++6:i386 - Download and install this 32bit-bundle of Netbeans 8.2 and a Java SE 1.8.
- Download and install the Wireless Toolkit 2.5.2
- Download the necessary Plugins and add them to Netbeans (Tools -> Plugins -> Downloaded)
- Add J2ME Java Platform (Tools -> Platforms) from the Wireless Toolkit installation folder
And there you go!