# Issue with Setting Up OpenELIS in Eclipse

**URL:** <https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/issue-with-setting-up-openelis-in-eclipse/1103>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** dev\_setup, dev\
**Created:** [January 30, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/issue-with-setting-up-openelis-in-eclipse/1103 "2025-01-30T12:59:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Huthaifa\_Omar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.openelis-global.org/huthaifa_omar/32/696_2.png) [@Huthaifa\_Omar](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/Huthaifa_Omar)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/issue-with-setting-up-openelis-in-eclipse/1103/1 "2025-01-30T12:59:58Z")

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Hello, everyone!

I am new to the OpenELIS organization and looking to contribute as part of my preparation for GSoC 2025. I’ve been following the [Dev Environment Setup Instructions](https://uwdigi.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/OG/pages/240844805/Dev+Environment+Setup+Instructions), and everything was going smoothly until the step for [setting up the project in Eclipse](https://uwdigi.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/OG/pages/240844805/Dev+Environment+Setup+Instructions#Setup-Project-in-Eclipse).

I got stuck at **Step #5** , where I am supposed to add `dataexport-core` and `dataexport-api` to the **Java Build Path** under the **Projects** tab. However, I cannot add anything at this step, as the “Add” button is disabled or the projects are not detected.

I would appreciate any guidance on what might be causing this issue and how to resolve it. Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![aditya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@aditya](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/aditya)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/issue-with-setting-up-openelis-in-eclipse/1103/2 "2025-01-30T13:02:19Z")

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you don’t have setup the code base manually just setup with docker compose file

dev.docker-compose.yml file

check out [here](https://github.com/I-TECH-UW/OpenELIS-Global-2/?tab=readme-ov-file#running-openelis-global2-using-docker-compose-with-locally-compiledbuilt-artifacts-ie-the-war-file-and-react-code)

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**Author:** ![Huthaifa\_Omar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.openelis-global.org/huthaifa_omar/32/696_2.png) [@Huthaifa\_Omar](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/Huthaifa_Omar)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/issue-with-setting-up-openelis-in-eclipse/1103/3 "2025-01-30T13:58:45Z")

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Excuse me I have another question. Is it obligatory to use Eclipse of can I use vscode or intellij idea ?

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**Author:** ![Agaba\_Derrick\_Junior](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.openelis-global.org/agaba_derrick_junior/32/503_2.png) [@Agaba\_Derrick\_Junior](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/Agaba_Derrick_Junior)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/issue-with-setting-up-openelis-in-eclipse/1103/4 "2025-01-30T16:22:21Z")

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you can use intellij or vscode its not a must to use Eclipse

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**Author:** ![Nirvan\_Jha](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.openelis-global.org/nirvan_jha/32/596_2.png) [@Nirvan\_Jha](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/Nirvan_Jha)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/issue-with-setting-up-openelis-in-eclipse/1103/5 "2025-01-31T14:34:27Z")

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you can use VSCode and try running the docker containers … that way is much easier to set up…