Touchbook Development for Beginners

[Rumplestilzken]

I Just got my TouchBook and i would like to start developing for the platform immediately. One problem, i don't know how...

I've read a little online but cant find much, and the whole OpenEmbedded thing confuses me too. I downloaded the git repository for the touchbook, and almost everything is .bb or .bbclass, not really sure what that is either? I was wondering if i could get some help in these areas. And im sure your help would help many more people.

Also, ive tried compiling for the touchbook, as well as on and nothing seems to work. Might someone want to point me in the direction of a solution to cross compile with Eclipse on mac?

[torpor]

Your best bet would be to use the Touchbook itself:

ipkg install libc6-dev


This will fix your Touchbook (currently has a bug) so that you can use the onboard compiler to build apps .. then, you've got a 'standard' Linux kind of setup and can use gcc/g++ to build stuff ..

If you want a known-working codebase to start from, I ported a 3D game to the Touchbook and built it *on* my Touchbook using this method.. you can get the sources and see if you can build cleanly too:

http://w1xer.at/touchbook/tbWakeBreaker/

Download the sources on your Touchbook, unpack them, and then type 'make' .. if you end up with a clean build, you're good to go, and if you're interested in a 3D game, then WakeBreaker is a great starting place ..

[Rumplestilzken]

Your best bet would be to use the Touchbook itself:

ipkg install libc6-dev


This will fix your Touchbook (currently has a bug) so that you can use the onboard compiler to build apps .. then, you've got a 'standard' Linux kind of setup and can use gcc/g++ to build stuff ..

If you want a known-working codebase to start from, I ported a 3D game to the Touchbook and built it *on* my Touchbook using this method.. you can get the sources and see if you can build cleanly too:

http://w1xer.at/touchbook/tbWakeBreaker/

Download the sources on your Touchbook, unpack them, and then type 'make' .. if you end up with a clean build, you're good to go, and if you're interested in a 3D game, then WakeBreaker is a great starting place ..

i tried installing libc6-dev with ipkg and it tells me package installed in root, nothing will be done. i tried doing it with sudo, but i dont know the password, and i haven't found it yet. but the when i run make, it spits out an arm-angstrom-gnuabi-g++ command not found error.

[Govee]

First code:
sudo -s

then:
Ikpg install some app

[Rumplestilzken]

Unfortunately it will be about a week before i can continue messing with the touchbook. I got it as a Xmas gift, and cannot use it again until then lol

[TomMD]

Unfortunately it will be about a week before i can continue messing with the touchbook. I got it as a Xmas gift, and cannot use it again until then lol

You don't need a TB to start developing. See the wiki, setup the build environment, develop an app, build a package (.ipk), and be ready for the TB!