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A D I V I S I O N O F T R I M B L E
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Installing Developer Tools on LINUX OS
1. Go to: http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/
Select the appropriate version for your Linux system (32-bit or 64-bit)
(currently “luna”))
Download the appropriate version. For example, eclipse-cpp-luna-R-linux-gtk-
x86_64.tar.gz.
2. Install Eclipse core
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Open a terminal shell.
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Pick an installation directory; e.g., $HOME/usr and unpack there (or use
Archive Manager from the graphical interface).
mkdir -p $HOME/usr
tar -xvf eclipse-cpp-kepler-SR1-linux-gtk.tar.gz -C $HOME/usr/
xPRESS
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Optionally, add to your path. Edit $HOME/.profile and add the following
line:
PATH="$PATH:$HOME/usr/xPRESS/eclipse"
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If you changed your path, test the changes as described above , except
use eclipse instead of arm-none-eabi-gcc .
If you get “
command not found
”, your path isn’t correct.
If you get the Eclipse splash screen and Select a workspace prompt,
your path is correct.
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If you did not change your path, you will have to use the fully-qualified
path every time you start Eclipse.
$HOME/usr/xPRESS/eclipse
3. Start Eclipse
Navigate to the directory you just extracted. Go into the
eclipse
subdirectory and
launch the
eclipse
application executable program.
4. Select a workspace
The Eclipse workspace is a set of projects and settings contained within a directory.
Each user needs at least one workspace, some use multiple workspaces to organize
different development activities. Unless you have a reason to do otherwise, accept
the default
$HOME/workspace
that Eclipse proposes on startup.