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Originally Posted by jonathan_s
I guess I would qualify, I'm a debian user myself. But my fastest box is still only 32 bits and VirtualBox is efficient enough that I don't think I lose much by using it. Yes it is painful to have to shuffle files through so many real and virtual machines but in the end that's a detail, I can write scripts to hide all that stuff. And being 100% certain that nothing I do is going to mess with my main computer probably makes up for that disadvantage.
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Unless you want to use anjuta IDE or the oprofile UI, there is no need for an additional VM if you are using a linux machine already. Trust me, I was in the same mood.
All the DR devel packages goes in "/usr/local/poky" directory so you won't mess your desktop.
An additional problem when using a VM is the screen resolution. In the devel machine you will also run the DR emulator, and unless you have a graphic card and monitor with high resolutions, you'll need to switch to fullscreen often to see the complete DR screen.
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Originally Posted by jonathan_s
The real question for me is how to get a working development environment. I'm a bit of a newbie in this department and would really like something that 'just works'. So far building kernels hasn't been a problem. But how to get a working emulator without the stuff in debian.o-hand.com? I guess I can just try and get back to this thread when I get stuck.
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It's quite easy. The same instructions for both your own desktop or your VM:
1. check you have installed the packages stated on section 2.1 (common devel packages for a linux machine)
2. install sdk as section 2.2 says (i.e., uncompress and copy into /usr/local/poky), and don't forget the "environment-setup" shell script to enter into DR cross-compiling environment.
Iņigo