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authorHolger Hans Peter Freyther <zecke@selfish.org>2009-08-11 11:54:11 +0200
committerHolger Hans Peter Freyther <zecke@selfish.org>2009-08-11 12:15:29 +0200
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usermanual: Provide a section on Qt Embedded SDK
Explain how to configure, build and use a Qt Embedded SDK generated with OpenEmbedded.
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@@ -511,8 +511,118 @@ SDK_SUFFIX = "toolchain-YOUR"
<note>SDK creation currently does not work with the <emphasis>DISTRO</emphasis>
set to <emphasis>micro</emphasis>.</note>
+
+ <note>If the environment-setup script packaged in the SDK should
+ require more environment look at the <filename>meta-toolchain-qte.bb</filename>
+ to accomplish this.</note>
</section>
</section>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Creating and Using a Qt Embedded SDK</title>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Creating the SDK</title>
+
+ <para>The SDK should contain a build of Qt Embedded, but also
+ optional depedencies like directFB, glib-2.0, gstreamer-0.10, tslib
+ and more esoteric depedencies like mysql and postgres. This allows
+ developers to simply start developing using Qt and enables system
+ integrators to easily recompile Qt and base libraries without tracking
+ down extra depedencies.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>OpenEmbedded provides an easy way to create a Qt Embedded
+ SDK. In
+ <filename>recipes/tasks/task-qte-toolchain-host.bb</filename> host
+ tools like moc, uic, rcc, qmake will get installed and in <filename>
+ recipes/tasks/task-qte-toolchain-target.bb</filename> the Qt4 header
+ files and libraries will be installed.
+ </para>
+ <para>To build the SDK, setup OpenEmbedded in the usual way by picking
+ a <emphasis>DISTRO</emphasis> and <emphasis>MACHINE</emphasis>. Issue
+ the below command and after the operation finished you should find
+ a SDK in the deployment directory.
+<screen>
+# bitbake meta-toolchain-qte
+</screen>
+ </para>
+
+ <note>The deployment directory depends on the distribution and used
+ C library. In the case of Angstrom and glibc it is located in
+ <filename>tmp/deploy/glibc/sdk</filename>.</note>
+
+ <note>Change <filename>qt4-embedded.inc</filename> and
+ <filename>qt4.inc</filename> for using different Qt configuration
+ flags. This might include a custom qconfig.h to produce a reduced
+ size build.</note>
+
+ <note>When distributing the SDK make sure to include a written offer
+ to provide the sourcecode of GPL licensed applications or provide
+ parts of the <filename>sources</filename> folder. The <filename>
+ sources</filename> folder is located right next to the <filename>sdk</filename>
+ one.</note>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Using the Qt Embedded SDK</title>
+
+ <para>In this example we are assuming that the target hardware
+ is an armv5t system and the SDK targets the Angstrom Distribution. You
+ should start by downloading the SDK and untar it to the root folder
+ (<filename>/</filename>). Once this operation is finished you will
+ find a new directory <filename>/usr/local/angstrom/arm/</filename> and
+ it contains the <filename>environment-setup</filename> to setup the
+ <emphasis>QMAKESPEC</emphasis> and various other paths.
+ </para>
+
+<screen>
+Untar the SDK once
+# tar -C / -xjf angstrom-armv5te-linux-gnueabi-toolchain-qte.tar.bz2
+
+Before using it source the environment
+# . /usr/local/angstrom/arm/environment-setup
+
+Use qmake2 to build software for the target
+# qmake2
+</screen>
+
+ <para>Creating and building a simple example. We will create a simple
+ Qt Embedded application and use <command>qmake2</command> and
+ <command>make</command> to cross compile.
+
+<screen>
+# . /usr/local/angstrom/arm/environment-setup
+# cd $HOME
+# mkdir qte-example
+# cd qte-example
+
+# echo "TEMPLATE=app
+SOURCES=main.cpp
+" > qte-example.pro
+
+# echo '#include &lt;QApplication&gt;
+#include &lt;QPushButton&gt;
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+ QApplication app(argc, argv);
+
+ QPushButton btn("Hello World");
+ btn.show();
+ btn.showMaximized();
+
+ return app.exec();
+}
+' > main.cpp
+
+# qmake2
+# make
+</screen>
+ </para>
+
+ </section>
</section>
</chapter>