---
layout: post
title:  "Getting Started with Geany"
date:   2018-11-27 07:34:13
categories: PiCrate update
permalink: /geany_ide/
---
The current version of raspbian installs jdk-1.8.0_65-bi17 (hard float) and that is just fine, if you have more that one version of java installed you could use `update-alternatives` tool to manage their use.

Then install JRuby see [jruby][jruby].

```bash
jgem install picrate
```

Install samples, and configure `geany` ide (for `PiCrate`)

```bash
picrate -i Samples # geany configuration files are installed if required
```

Install processing libraries

```bash
picrate -i Sound
picrate -i glvideo # preferred over vanilla video for now
```

### Creating Sketches from the GeanyIDE

See [editors][geany] geany, for how to run sketches from a gui.

### Running PiCrate sketch on RaspberryPI from geany editor

![snake_kolam]({{ site.github.url }}/assets/geany.png)

[jruby]:{{ site.github.url }}/install_jruby/
[geany]:{{ site.github.url }}/editors/geany