Tools

Tools

Getting started with Mer requires some basic tools that are not always present (or which are modified) in most distros.

Packaged Versions

Generally packaged from Mer:Tools:Testing

 https://build.pub.meego.com/project/show?project=Mer:Tools:Testing
 http://repo.pub.meego.com//Mer:/Tools:/Testing/

Tools for developing

osc

Use a version > 0.132

osc is used to interact with the OBS. It does:

• command line functions provided by the OBS webui
• check in / out of packages
• submits requests
• runs local builds

You may find latest builds for various distributions at http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Tools/

build

build is the actual script used by the OBS workers to build packages. It installs a clean chroot for you and runs a suitable compile command from the package.

You may find latest builds for various distributions at http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Tools/

spectacle

Spectacle creates .spec files from .yaml files. This makes is a *lot* easier to package your code.

https://meego.gitorious.org/meego-developer-tools/spectacle

cd /mer/tools
mkdir spectacle
git clone git://gitorious.org/meego-developer-tools/spectacle.git spectacle

qemu (specific snapshot)

qemu is needed for building non-native (ARM/MIPS) packages that need to execute ARM binaries.

qemu is found in the Mer:Tools project (currently on the MeeGo community OBS)

19 Nov2011 : Using 0.14.1

The OBS and IMG systems use qemu-usermode-static.

You need to install qemu-usermode-static package when you do 'osc build' for non-intel architecture and have "chroot: failed to run command `some-command': Exec format error" or "Warning: could not register binfmt handlers". As the package is statically linked, you may install OpenSUSE rpm on Fedora and it should work fine.

Tools for Image Building

kickstarter

https://meego.gitorious.org/~sage/meego-developer-tools/sages-kickstarter

cd /mer/tools
mkdir kickstarter
cd kickstarter
git clone git://gitorious.org/~sage/meego-developer-tools/sages-kickstarter.git kickstarter

mic2 / image-creator

http://meego.gitorious.org/meego-developer-tools/image-creator

cd /mer/tools
mkdir image-creator
cd image-creator
git clone git://gitorious.org/meego-developer-tools/image-creator.git image-creator