Processing Quick Start for Linux Mint
The Step-by-Step Linux Tutorial shows you How to Quick Start with Processing 3 on Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca LTS Mate/Cinnamon/KDE/Xfce Desktop.
All the Steps Involved in Getting-Started with a Productive Art Generation Processing 3 Environment are Clearly Described.
Especially relevant: the Installation of the Oracle Java Runtime is Required for Coding in Java with Processing 3 Sketches.
The Instructions, Commands and Descriptions for Install Processing on Linux Mint Guide give Focus only to the Essentials.
The Process of Install Processing on Linux Mint Works Also on all Latest Linux Mint 13-Maya/14-Nadia/15-Olivia/16-Petra/17-Qiana Releases.
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Download the Latest Processing 3 Release for Linux
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Double-Click on Archive and Extract into /tmp
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Open Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
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Check if Oracle Java JRE is Installed
java -version
How to Install Required Oracle Java JRE 8 on Linux: SetUp Java Oracle JRE 8 on Linux
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Fixing Java for Processing
Remove the Bundle Java release:sudo rm -rf /opt/processing/java
Symlinking the Oracle JRE Installation:
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/[jre1.X] /opt/processing/java
To finds the [jre1.X] Value to be replaced:
ls /usr/lib/jvm
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Relocate Processing into System Folder.
sudo su -c "chown -R root:root /tmp/processing*"
sudo su -c "mv /tmp/processing* /opt/processing"
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Add Processing to Mint Path.
sudo ln -s /opt/processing/processing /usr/local/bin/processing
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Processing How to Getting-Started Using Libraries
So Now Thanks to the Processing Foundation you Should Finally, Fully Enjoy the Processing Experience on Linux Mint ;)