Woah! That's a lot of information. Let me try to peice it together:
I have both a PPC and an Intel-Mac, Do I just download the Linux
VMWare? It doesn't seem to have support for Os X.
What is OE/BB?
Are you saying i need to program in a Linux environment?
Thanks,
ryan
On Feb 12, 2007, at 9:21 AM, Michael Dickens wrote:
Ryan - Someone suggested getting VMWare & setting up a Ubuntu
VM ... this is a -great- suggestion since you're running OSX, -if-
you have an Intel-Mac. If you have a PPC-Mac, then this is not an
option (AFAIK), and you'll need to either (1) install Linux on
another hard drive / partition and direct boot into it (which might
require hacking the firmware), or (2) use OE/BB directly on OSX.
While one -can- get OE/BB running under OSX, at least
theoretically, it's not as simple as doing it under Linux; Apple
provides some GNU tools, but some are Apple-specific (e.g.
"libtool" is Apple-specific on OSX, and thus with using "GNU
libtool" many folks rename it "glibtool" etc). For the second
option, I'd recommend using MacPorts to install the background
stuff for OE/BB. I'm actually trying to get OE/BB working on OSX
in parallel with doing it on a VM running Ubuntu (the VM already
"won" this competition, but I'm still working on the OSX side).
Ubuntu provides a "nice and simple" setup / configuration that
doesn't require a lot of in-depth knowledge of Linux (unless you
want to go there). Setting up OE/BB inside the VM is as simple as
following the instructions on the Wiki < http://www.linuxtogo.org/
gowiki/OpenMoko/OpenEmbedded/SettingUpOEForUbuntu > ... really, I
just did it last night running Ubuntu 6.10 on a VM on an Intel-
iMac. I created 'nano', and can copy it to my local ARM-based
TS-7300, and it runs just fine ... very cool!
Being an OSX user myself, both at home and school, I'm happy to
provide whatever reasonable assistance I can to other OSX users.
While I don't have a lot of experience under Linux, I do have
plenty of experience on various Unix flavors and MacOS from 5 to
current - both as programmer and user (from setting up the MMU to
device drivers to CLI applications to GUIs).
Good luck! - MLD
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