IoTGateway/BSP/Linux/iMX6/Eclipse Plug-in

Yocto User Guide - Eclipse Plug-in for iMX6 series

Prerequisites

Installing cross toolchain

Please use bitbake command to build one toolchain installer or get a pre-built one.

Qt4 SDK

Please perform following command to make toolchain installer.

$ bitbake fsl-image-x11 -c populate-sdk

Please change working directory to where installer located and perform the following command.

$ sudo ./poky-eglibc-x86_64-fsl-image-x11-cortexa9hf-vfp-neon-toolchain-qt4-1.5.3.sh

Qt5 SDK

Please perform following command to make toolchain installer.

$ bitbake fsl-image-x11-qt5 -c populate-sdk

Please change working directory to where installer located and perform the following command.

$ sudo ./poky-eglibc-x86_64-fsl-image-x11-qt5-cortexa9hf-vfp-neon-toolchain-1.5.3.sh

Working with Eclipse

Installing the Eclipse IDE

Please download "eclipse-standard-kepler-R-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz" manually, put it to directory ~/FILES/ and perform the following commands:

$ cd ~/
$ tar xvf ~/FILES/eclipse-standard-kepler-R-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz

Starting the Eclipse IDE

$ source /opt/poky/1.5.3/environment-setup-cortexa9hf-vfp-neon-poky-linux-gnueabi
$ ~/eclipse/eclipse

1. select your workspace location

   

2. Make sure you are in your Workbench and select "Install New Software" from the "Help" pull-down menu.

   

3. Select "Kepler - http://download.eclipse.org/releases/kepler" from the "Work with:" pull-down menu.

   

4. Expand the box next to "Linux Tools" and select the LTTng - Linux Tracing Toolkit boxes.

   

5. Expand the box next to "Mobile and Device Development" and select the following boxes:

   

   

6. Expand the box next to "Programming Languages" and select the following boxes:

   

7. Complete the installation and restart the Eclipse IDE.

   

Installing the Pre-built Plug-in

1. Start up the Eclipse IDE.
2. In Eclipse, select "Install New Software" from the "Help" menu.
3. Click "Add..." in the "Work with:" area.
4. Enter "http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/eclipse-plugin/1.5.4/kepler" in the URL field and provide a meaningful name in the "Name" field.

   

5. Click "OK" to have the entry added to the "Work with:" drop-down list.
6. Check the boxes next to following items:

   

7. Complete the remaining software installation steps and then restart the Eclipse IDE to finish the installation of the plug-in.

   

8. Click OK to continue when following dialog shows up.

   

Configuring the Cross-Compiler Options

1. Choose "Preferences" from the "Windows" menu to display the Preferences dialog.
2. Click "Yocto Project ADT"

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3. Specify corret "Toolchain Root Location" & "Sysroot Location".

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Creating the Project

1. Select "Project" from the "File -> New" menu.
2. Expand "C/C++".
3. Double click "C Project" to create the project.

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4. Expand "Yocto Project ADT Autotools Project".
5. Select "Hello World ANSI C Autotools Project".
6. Put a name in the "Project name:" field. Do not use hyphens as part of the name.

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7. Click "Next".
8. Add information in the Author and Copyright notice fields.
9. Be sure the License field is correct.
10. Click "Finish".

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11. If the "open perspective" prompt appears, click "Yes" to open the C/C++ perspective.

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12. The left-hand navigation pane shows your project. You can display your source by double clicking the project's source file.

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References

1. 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)
2. Java Archive - SE 6
3. Project Development Manual
4. Kepler R Packages