Various fixes: Changed Linux package format to "tar.gz"; Fixed executable paths in "build_then_launch.sh" (paths are case-sensitive on Linux et al.); Added note about requiring Java 17 to top-level "readme.md"; Cleaned-up and corrected examples in top-level "readme.md".

Author: Alex-Kent

build_then_launch.sh

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-file_x86="./io.sloeber.product/target/products/io.sloeber.product/linux/gtk/x86/sloeber/sloeber-ide"
-file_x86_64="./io.sloeber.product/target/products/io.sloeber.product/linux/gtk/x86_64/sloeber/sloeber-ide"
+file_x86="./io.sloeber.product/target/products/io.sloeber.product/linux/gtk/x86/Sloeber/sloeber-ide"
+file_x86_64="./io.sloeber.product/target/products/io.sloeber.product/linux/gtk/x86_64/Sloeber/sloeber-ide"
 file=""
 
 echo "Trying to build and then launch the Arduino Eclipse IDE"

io.sloeber.product/pom.xml

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 				<configuration>
 					<formats>
 						<win32>zip</win32>
-						<linux>zip</linux>
+						<linux>tar.gz</linux>
 						<macosx>zip</macosx>
 					</formats>
 					<products>

readme.md

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ You only need to do one.
 ## Prerequisites
 Please install [git](http://git-scm.com/downloads) and [maven](http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi).
 
+Java 17 is required.
+
 ## Build from the command line from source for your os and the default eclipse instance
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/Sloeber/arduino-eclipse-plugin sloeber
@@ -50,14 +52,23 @@ You can control the maven build with the following profiles:
 * macm1
 
 ### Examples
-    mvn clean verify -Pwin64,latest,NOSDK -DskipTests=true (builds for latest eclipse and windows bits)
-    mvn clean verify -Plinux32,latest.NOSDK -DskipTests=true (builds for latest eclipse and linux 32 bits)
-    mvn clean verify -PSDK,win64,latest -DskipTests=true (builds the Sloeber SDK. For Sloeber programmers.)
-    
-To build for latest and the platform you are running on:
-
-    mvn clean verify -DskipTests=true
 
+* Build the latest version for the platform you are running on:
+
+    `mvn clean verify -DskipTests=true`
+
+* Build Eclipse + Sloeber for 64-bit Windows:
+    `mvn clean verify -Pwin64,latest,NOSDK -DskipTests=true`
+		
+* Build Eclipse + Sloeber for 64-bit Linux:
+    `mvn clean verify -Plinux64,latest,NOSDK -DskipTests=true`
+		
+* Build Eclipse + Sloeber for 32-bit Linux:
+    `mvn clean verify -Plinux32,latest,NOSDK -DskipTests=true`
+		
+* Build the Sloeber SDK (for Sloeber programmers):
+    `mvn clean verify -PSDK,win64,latest -DskipTests=true`
+    
 # Importing your build into another Eclipse
 If you want to import the latest code based plugin to another Eclipse setup you have then it is possible to setup a local repository to install the plugin you have just built. Just add a local repository with location ```arduino-eclipse-plugin/io.sloeber.product/target/repository```