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Rascal is currently in alpha stage. This means it is software that is subject to frequent change and generally unpolished.

The latest alpha release of Rascal is only available as a set of Eclipse plugins. The releases of the commandline version are postponed until Rascal stabilizes a bit more.

Eclipse version

You need the RCP/Plug-in Developers 3.5 version of Eclipse available at http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ to run Rascal.

Please note that:

  • Rascal really needs the RCP/Plug-in Developers 3.5 version of Eclipse, do not try it with other versions
  • Rascal only runs on 32-bit Java with 32-bit Eclipse
  • Rascal needs a JDK because it uses the Java compiler, so please download a JDK, not just a JRE.
  • For MacOSX, Cocoa version only
  • You need to set the stacksize of Eclipse using -vmargs -Xss8m

Required Eclipse plugins

You first need to install the IMP analysis and IMP IDE runtime features from http://download.eclipse.org/technology/imp/updates/:

  • Start Eclipse.
  • Select Help -> Install New Software.
  • Add http://download.eclipse.org/technology/imp/updates/ as software site and be patient since this site may be slow.
  • Select the IMP analysis feature and the IMP IDE runtime->IMP runtime plugin (not the whole feature is needed).
  • Select Next (several times) and accept the software license.
  • Once these plugins have been installed, restart Eclipse.

Installing Rascal

The Eclipse update site for Rascal is: http://www.rascal-mpl.org/updates:

We currently only release alpha versions of Rascal, which are subject to frequent changes.