Installing Linux Development Tools

Submitted by Bob Spencer, updated on 5 Jan 2010 - 2 comments

Usage:

Moblin Core

Build tools

You should have the following development tools installed: gcc, g++, make, autoconf, libtoolize, gtkdocize, gettext, man, devhelp, and <a good source code editor>.

Ubuntu	`$ sudo apt-get install build-essential man-db automake intltool libtool gtk-doc-tools devhelp libglib2.0-dev`
Fedora	`$ sudo yum install gcc-c++ make man automake intltool libtool gtk-doc devhelp glib2-devel`

Development Libraries

When writing an application, you will need to use development libraries. These are identified with:

<pkg-name>-dev (Ubuntu)

<pkg-name>-devel (Fedora)

The documentation for libraries is often part of the development package, but may be packaged separately as <pkg-name>-doc.

Examples of installing Clutter development libraries:

Ubuntu	`(search for available packages) $ apt-cache search clutter (install development libraries and docs) $ sudo apt-get install libclutter-<version>-dev libclutter-doc`
Fedora	`(search for available packages) $ yum search clutter (install development libraries and docs) $ sudo yum install clutter-devel`

The development library version should be compatible with those specified in Moblin v2 Libraries.

Viewing API documentation.

DevHelp is a useful tool for quickly viewing and searching API documentation locally. It is much faster than online searches. DevHelp relies on the -doc packages discussed above.

Ubuntu	`$ sudo apt-get install devhelp $ devhelp`
Fedora	`$ sudo yum install devhelp $ devhelp`

Most API documentation is also online: API Reference on Moblin.org.

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7Keypad for Netbooks

Submitted by Ravi Prakash on 30 November 2009 - 5:31am.

Using 7Keypad
a travelling user can use her/his netbook for :
1)Typing English or other Language
2) Typing all UTF 8 Symbols
3) Doing Cut/Copy/Paste/Select(Home,End,All,Word,Line)/Autocompletion/Navigation
4) Ctrl-0 to CtrlF , Alt-0 to Alt-F , CAPS , Shift , Esc , Call Start, Call Pick , Call End

After all this her netbook weight will reduce & it will be true Travelbook.
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development tools

Submitted by Robert Scott on 26 September 2009 - 9:01pm.

Anjuta's great, my favorite interface for an integrated developement environment, and good you provided the information of how to get in ubuntu and fedora, however, how would I put this on the netbook running moblin itself?

By the way, I"m loving the Moblin Garage, its a more clear, both visually and in text description , of installable applications.