Openmoko developer guide

This page describes how to start your Openmoko development plan - how to prepare your development environment and use the tools provided to help test and share your programs.

Part I Choose your software development tool

• System Developer
• Development Environment
• Java
• Development with Eclipse
• Python
• Qtopia on X11
• C++ / Qt

OS

• Other OSes

Part II Coding and compiling

• Toolchain
• OpenEmbedded
• BitBake
• MokoMakeFile
• Application UI Design Recommendations

Part III Running your program

• Customizing the Openmoko Distribution

Emulation

• Automatic emulation in Ubuntu
• Host-based development with Xoo and Xephyr
• Running Openmoko on PC
• Test Openmoko Emulation with chroot image

Part IV Sharing programs

So you have just made this cool program, and wonder what will be an efficient way to share it ? Consider the following options:

• Adding a link in the Applications directory page.
• Creating a page on this wiki.
• Packaging for the Community Repository.
• Hosting as a project on the Openmoko GForge
• Entering a record on Freshmeat or similar.
• Announcing on the community mailing list.

See also

• Latest Images
• Users Repositories
• Distributions

Part V Installation

Install

• Package management
• How to run Openmoko Apps on PC
• Downloads
• Repositories

Image Flashing

• MacOS X
• Flashing the Neo FreeRunner
• Flashing the Neo 1973

Part VI Tools used on Openmoko

• U-Boot
• U-Boot Command
• U-Boot Environment
• u-boot
• U-Boot versions
• NetBSD
• Dfu-util

Linux Core Services

• Gsmd
• Alarm daemon
• Qpegps
• D-Bus
• Dbus device API
• Opkg
• QEMU command line
• Ompower Power management daemon

Resources

• Community Resources