The Eclipse IDE is a popular development environment and it fully
supports development using the Yocto Project.
<note>
- This release of the Yocto Project supports both the Kepler
- and Juno versions of the Eclipse IDE.
+ This release of the Yocto Project supports both the Luna
+ and Kepler versions of the Eclipse IDE.
Thus, the following information provides setup information for
both versions.
</note>
<title>Installing the Eclipse IDE</title>
<para>
- It is recommended that you have the Kepler 4.3.2 version of
- the Eclipse IDE installed on your development system.
- However, if you currently have the Juno 4.2 version
+ It is recommended that you have the Luna SR2 (4.4.2)
+ version of the Eclipse IDE installed on your development
+ system.
+ However, if you currently have the Kepler 4.3.2 version
installed and you do not want to upgrade the IDE, you can
- configure Juno to work with the Yocto Project.
+ configure Kepler to work with the Yocto Project.
</para>
<para>
- If you do not have the Kepler 4.3.2 Eclipse IDE installed,
- you can find the tarball at
+ If you do not have the Luna SR2 (4.4.2) Eclipse IDE
+ installed, you can find the tarball at
<ulink url='&ECLIPSE_MAIN_URL;'></ulink>.
- From that site, choose the Eclipse Standard 4.3.2 version
- particular to your development host.
+ From that site, choose the appropriate download from the
+ "Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers".
This version contains the Eclipse Platform, the Java
Development Tools (JDT), and the Plug-in Development
Environment.
using the default name <filename>eclipse</filename>:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
$ cd ~
- $ $ tar -xzvf ~/Downloads/eclipse-standard-kepler-SR2-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz
+ $ tar -xzvf ~/Downloads/eclipse-cpp-luna-SR2-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz
</literallayout>
</para>
</section>
select "Install New Software" from the "Help"
pull-down menu.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Select
- <filename>Kepler - &ECLIPSE_KEPLER_URL;</filename>
+ <filename>Luna - &ECLIPSE_LUNA_URL;</filename>
from the "Work with:" pull-down menu.
<note>
- For Juno, select
- <filename>Juno - &ECLIPSE_JUNO_URL;</filename>
+ For Kepler, select
+ <filename>Kepler - &ECLIPSE_KEPLER_URL;</filename>
</note>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Expand the box next to "Linux Tools"
and select the
- <filename>LTTng - Linux Tracing Toolkit</filename>
- boxes.</para></listitem>
+ <filename>Linux Tools LTTng Tracer Control</filename>,
+ <filename>Linux Tools LTTng Userspace Analysis</filename>,
+ and
+ <filename>LTTng Kernel Analysis</filename> boxes.
+ If these selections do not appear in the list,
+ that means the items are already installed.
+ <note>
+ For Kepler, select
+ <filename>LTTng - Linux Tracing Toolkit</filename>
+ box.
+ </note>
+ </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Expand the box next to "Mobile and
- Device Development" and select the following boxes:
+ Device Development" and select the following boxes.
+ Again, if any of the following items are not
+ available for selection, that means the items are
+ already installed:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><filename>C/C++ Remote Launch (Requires RSE Remote System Explorer)</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename>Remote System Explorer End-user Runtime</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename>Remote System Explorer User Actions</filename></para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><filename>Target Management Terminal</filename></para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><filename>Target Management Terminal (Core SDK)</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename>TCF Remote System Explorer add-in</filename></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><filename>TCF Target Explorer</filename></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></para></listitem>
Languages" and select the
<filename>C/C++ Autotools Support</filename>
and <filename>C/C++ Development Tools</filename>
- boxes.</para></listitem>
+ boxes.
+ For Luna, these items do not appear on the list
+ as they are already installed.
+ </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Complete the installation and restart
the Eclipse IDE.</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
<listitem><para>Click "Add..." in the "Work with:"
area.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Enter
- <filename>&ECLIPSE_DL_PLUGIN_URL;/kepler</filename>
+ <filename>&ECLIPSE_DL_PLUGIN_URL;/luna</filename>
in the URL field and provide a meaningful name
in the "Name" field.
<note>
- If you are using Juno, use
- <filename>&ECLIPSE_DL_PLUGIN_URL;/juno</filename>
+ If you are using Kepler, use
+ <filename>&ECLIPSE_DL_PLUGIN_URL;/kepler</filename>
in the URL field.
</note></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Click "OK" to have the entry added
<listitem><para>Complete the remaining software
installation steps and then restart the Eclipse
IDE to finish the installation of the plug-in.
+ <note>
+ You can click "OK" when prompted about
+ installing software that contains unsigned
+ content.
+ </note>
</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
<listitem><para>Use the Oracle JDK.
If you don't have that, go to
<ulink url='http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html'></ulink>
- and download the appropriate tarball
- for your development system and
+ and download the latest appropriate
+ Java SE Development Kit tarball for
+ your development system and
extract it into your home directory.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>In the shell you are going
to do your work, export the location of
- the Oracle Java as follows:
+ the Oracle Java.
+ The previous step creates a new folder
+ for the extracted software.
+ You need to use the following
+ <filename>export</filename> command
+ and provide the specific location:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
- export PATH=~/jdk1.7.0_40/bin:$PATH
- </literallayout></para></listitem>
- </orderedlist></para></listitem>
+ export PATH=~/<replaceable>extracted_jdk_location</replaceable>/bin:$PATH
+ </literallayout>
+ </para></listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>In the same shell, create a Git
repository with:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
$ git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/eclipse-poky
</literallayout>
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Be sure to checkout the specific
- plug-in branch.
- For example, if you are using Kepler, do the
+ <listitem><para>Be sure to checkout the correct
+ tag.
+ For example, if you are using Luna, do the
following:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
- $ git checkout kepler
+ $ git checkout luna/yocto-1.8
</literallayout>
+ This puts you in a detached HEAD state, which
+ is fine since you are only going to be building
+ and not developing.
+ <note>
+ If you are building kepler, checkout the
+ <filename>kepler/yocto-1.8</filename>
+ branch.
+ </note>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Change to the
<filename>scripts</filename>
directory within the Git repository:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
$ cd scripts
- </literallayout></para></listitem>
+ </literallayout>
+ </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Set up the local build environment
by running the setup script:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
$ ./setup.sh
- </literallayout></para></listitem>
+ </literallayout>
+ </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>When the script finishes execution,
it prompts you with instructions on how to run
the <filename>build.sh</filename> script, which
is also in the <filename>scripts</filename>
- directory of
- the Git repository created earlier.
+ directory of the Git repository created
+ earlier.
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Run the <filename>build.sh</filename> script
- as directed.
- Be sure to provide the name of the Git branch
- along with the Yocto Project release you are
- using.
+ <listitem><para>Run the <filename>build.sh</filename>
+ script as directed.
+ Be sure to provide the tag name, documentation
+ branch, and a release name.
Here is an example that uses the
- <filename>&DISTRO_NAME;</filename> branch:
+ <filename>luna/yocto-1.8</filename> tag, the
+ <filename>master</filename> documentation
+ branch, and
+ <filename>&DISTRO_NAME;</filename> for the
+ release name:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
- $ ECLIPSE_HOME=/home/scottrif/eclipse-poky/scripts/eclipse ./build.sh &DISTRO_NAME; &DISTRO_NAME;
+ $ ECLIPSE_HOME=/home/scottrif/eclipse-poky/scripts/eclipse ./build.sh luna/yocto-1.8 master &DISTRO_NAME; 2>&1 | tee -a build.log
</literallayout>
After running the script, the file
<filename>org.yocto.sdk-</filename><replaceable>release</replaceable><filename>-</filename><replaceable>date</replaceable><filename>-archive.zip</filename>
- is in the current directory.</para></listitem>
+ is in the current directory.
+ </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If necessary, start the Eclipse IDE
and be sure you are in the Workbench.
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Select "Install New Software" from the "Help" pull-down menu.
+ <listitem><para>Select "Install New Software" from
+ the "Help" pull-down menu.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Click "Add".</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Provide anything you want in the
- "Name" field.</para></listitem>
+ "Name" field.
+ </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Click "Archive" and browse to the
ZIP file you built in step eight.
This ZIP file should not be "unzipped", and must
created by running the
<filename>build.sh</filename> script.
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Click through the "Okay" buttons.
+ <listitem><para>Click the "OK" button.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Check the boxes that appear in
+ the installation window to install the
+ <filename>Yocto Project ADT Plug-in</filename>,
+ <filename>Yocto Project Bitbake Commander Plug-in</filename>,
+ and the
+ <filename>Yocto Project Documentation plug-in</filename>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Finish the installation by clicking
+ through the appropriate buttons.
+ You can click "OK" when prompted about
+ installing software that contains unsigned
+ content.
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Check the boxes
- in the installation window and complete
- the installation.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Restart the Eclipse IDE if
- necessary.</para></listitem>
+ necessary.
+ </para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
Eclipse IDE:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Choose "Preferences" from the
- "Windows" menu to display the Preferences Dialog.
+ "Window" menu to display the Preferences Dialog.
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Click "Yocto Project ADT".
+ <listitem><para>Click "Yocto Project ADT" to display
+ the configuration screen.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
the target hardware resides.
If you used the ADT Installer script and
accepted the default installation directory,
- then the location is
- <filename>/opt/poky/&DISTRO;/sysroots</filename>.
+ then the location in your home directory
+ in a folder named
+ <filename>test-yocto/</filename><replaceable>target_arch</replaceable>.
Additionally, when you use the ADT Installer
- script, the same location is used for the QEMU
+ script, the
+ <filename>/opt/poky/&DISTRO;/sysroots</filename>
+ location is used for the QEMU
user-space tools and the NFS boot process.
</para>
<para>If you used either of the other two
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Double click <filename>C Project</filename>
to create the project.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Expand <filename>Yocto Project ADT Project</filename>.
+ <listitem><para>Expand <filename>Yocto Project ADT Autotools Project</filename>.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Select <filename>Hello World ANSI C Autotools Project</filename>.
This is an Autotools-based project based on a Yocto
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Make your configurations for the project
and click "OK".
- If you are running the Juno version of Eclipse, you can
- skip down to the next section where you build the
- project.
- If you are not working with Juno, you need to reconfigure the
- project as described in the next step.
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Select "Reconfigure Project" from the
- "Project" menu.
+ <listitem><para>Right-click in the navigation pane and
+ select "Reconfigure Project" from the pop-up menu.
This selection reconfigures the project by running
<filename>autogen.sh</filename> in the workspace for
your project.
<title>Building the Project</title>
<para>
- To build the project in Juno, right click on the project in
- the navigator pane and select "Build Project".
- If you are not running Juno, select "Build Project" from the
+ To build the project select "Build Project" from the
"Project" menu.
The console should update and you can note the cross-compiler
you are using.
Your image should appear as a selectable menu item.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Select your image from the menu to launch
- the emulator in a new window.</para></listitem>
+ the emulator in a new window.
+ </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>If needed, enter your host root password in
the shell window at the prompt.
This sets up a <filename>Tap 0</filename> connection
<listitem><para>Wait for QEMU to launch.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Once QEMU launches, you can begin operating
within that environment.
- For example, you could determine the IP Address
- for the user-space NFS by using the
- <filename>ifconfig</filename> command.</para></listitem>
+ One useful task at this point would be to determine the
+ IP Address for the user-space NFS by using the
+ <filename>ifconfig</filename> command.
+ </para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
</section>
<listitem><para>Use the drop-down menu now in the
"Connection" field and pick the IP Address you entered.
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Click "Run" to bring up a login screen
+ <listitem><para>Click "Debug" to bring up a login screen
and login.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Accept the debug perspective.
</para></listitem>
These tools are aids in developing and debugging applications
and images.
You can run these user-space tools from within the Eclipse
- IDE through the "YoctoTools" menu.
+ IDE through the "YoctoProjectTools" menu.
</para>
<para>
installed by default on the
<filename>core-image-sato-sdk</filename> image.</note>
</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>Lttng2.0 ust trace import</filename>:</emphasis>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>Lttng2.0 trace import</filename>:</emphasis>
Selecting this tool transfers the remote target's
<filename>Lttng</filename> tracing data back to the
local host machine and uses the Lttng Eclipse plug-in
This tool no longer has any upstream support.</note>
</para>
<para>Before you use the
- <filename>Lttng2.0 ust trace import</filename> tool,
+ <filename>Lttng2.0 trace import</filename> tool,
you need to setup the Lttng Eclipse plug-in and create a
Tracing project.
Do the following:
<orderedlist>
<listitem><para>Select "Open Perspective" from the
- "Window" menu and then select "Tracing".
+ "Window" menu and then select "Other..." to
+ bring up a menu of other perspectives.
+ Choose "Tracing".
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Click "OK" to change the Eclipse
perspective into the Tracing perspective.
selecting "Project" from the "File -> New" menu.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Choose "Tracing Project" from the
- "Tracing" menu.
+ "Tracing" menu and click "Next".
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Provide a name for your tracing
+ project and click "Finish".
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Generate your tracing data on the
remote target.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Select "Lttng2.0 ust trace import"
+ <listitem><para>Select "Lttng2.0 trace import"
from the "Yocto Project Tools" menu to
start the data import process.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Specify your remote connection name.
section in the Yocto Project Profiling and Tracing
Manual.
</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>SystemTap</filename>:</emphasis>
+ Systemtap is a tool that lets you create and reuse
+ scripts to examine the activities of a live Linux
+ system.
+ You can easily extract, filter, and summarize data
+ that helps you diagnose complex performance or
+ functional problems.
+ For more information on setting up and using
+ <filename>SystemTap</filename>, see the
+ <ulink url='https://sourceware.org/systemtap/documentation.html'>SystemTap Documentation</ulink>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>yocto-bsp</filename>:</emphasis>
+ The <filename>yocto-bsp</filename> tool lets you
+ quickly set up a Board Support Package (BSP) layer.
+ The tool requires a Metadata location, build location,
+ BSP name, BSP output location, and a kernel
+ architecture.
+ For more information on the
+ <filename>yocto-bsp</filename> tool outside of Eclipse,
+ see the
+ "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_BSP_URL;#creating-a-new-bsp-layer-using-the-yocto-bsp-script'>Creating a new BSP Layer Using the yocto-bsp Script</ulink>"
+ section in the Yocto Project Board Support Package
+ (BSP) Developer's Guide.
+ </para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</section>
-
- <section id='customizing-an-image-using-a-bitbake-commander-project-and-hob'>
- <title>Customizing an Image Using a BitBake Commander Project and Hob</title>
-
- <para>
- Within the Eclipse IDE, you can create a Yocto BitBake Commander
- project, edit the <link linkend='metadata'>Metadata</link>, and
- then use
- <ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;/tools-resources/projects/hob'>Hob</ulink> to build a customized image all within one IDE.
- </para>
-
- <section id='creating-the-yocto-bitbake-commander-project'>
- <title>Creating the Yocto BitBake Commander Project</title>
-
- <para>
- To create a Yocto BitBake Commander project, follow these
- steps:
- <orderedlist>
- <listitem><para>Select "Other" from the
- "Window -> Open Perspective" menu
- and then choose "Bitbake Commander".
- </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Click "OK" to change the perspective to
- Bitbake Commander.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Select "Project" from the "File -> New"
- menu to create a new Yocto
- Bitbake Commander project.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Choose "New Yocto Project" from the
- "Yocto Project Bitbake Commander" menu and click
- "Next".</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Enter the Project Name and choose the
- Project Location.
- The Yocto project's Metadata files will be put under
- the directory
- <filename><replaceable>project_location</replaceable>/<replaceable>project_name</replaceable></filename>.
- If that directory does not exist, you need to check
- the "Clone from Yocto Git Repository" box, which
- would execute a <filename>git clone</filename>
- command to get the project's Metadata files.
- <note>
- Do not specify your BitBake Commander project
- location as your Eclipse workspace.
- Doing so causes an error indicating that the
- current project overlaps the location of
- another project.
- This error occurs even if no such project exits.
- </note></para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Select <filename>Finish</filename> to
- create the project.</para></listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- </para>
- </section>
-
- <section id='editing-the-metadata'>
- <title>Editing the Metadata</title>
-
- <para>
- After you create the Yocto Bitbake Commander project, you
- can modify the <link linkend='metadata'>Metadata</link>
- files by opening them in the project.
- When editing recipe files (<filename>.bb</filename> files),
- you can view BitBake variable values and information by
- hovering the mouse pointer over the variable name and
- waiting a few seconds.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- To edit the Metadata, follow these steps:
- <orderedlist>
- <listitem><para>Select your Yocto Bitbake Commander
- project.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Select "BitBake Recipe" from the
- "File -> New -> Yocto BitBake Commander" menu
- to open a new recipe wizard.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Point to your source by filling in the
- "SRC_URL" field.
- For example, you can add a recipe to your
- <link linkend='source-directory'>Source Directory</link>
- by defining "SRC_URL" as follows:
- <literallayout class='monospaced'>
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-1.4.9.tar.gz
- </literallayout></para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Click "Populate" to calculate the
- archive md5, sha256, license checksum values and to
- auto-generate the recipe filename.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Fill in the "Description" field.
- </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Be sure values for all required
- fields exist.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Click "Finish".</para></listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- </para>
- </section>
-
- <section id='biding-and-customizing-the-image-using-hob'>
- <title>Building and Customizing the Image Using Hob</title>
-
- <para>
- To build and customize the image using Hob from within the
- Eclipse IDE, follow these steps:
- <orderedlist>
- <listitem><para>Select your Yocto Bitbake Commander
- project.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Select "Launch Hob" from the "Project"
- menu.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Enter the
- <link linkend='build-directory'>Build Directory</link>
- where you want to put your final images.
- </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Click "OK" to launch Hob.
- </para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>Use Hob to customize and build your own
- images.
- For information on Hob, see the
- <ulink url='&YOCTO_HOME_URL;/tools-resources/projects/hob'>Hob Project Page</ulink>
- on the Yocto Project website.</para></listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- </para>
- </section>
- </section>
</section>
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