[Esbox-commits] r1000 - branches/work_Jeff/org.maemo.esbox.help/html/tasks
jeffc at garage.maemo.org
jeffc at garage.maemo.org
Mon Nov 24 19:28:01 EET 2008
Author: jeffc
Date: 2008-11-24 19:28:01 +0200 (Mon, 24 Nov 2008)
New Revision: 1000
Modified:
branches/work_Jeff/org.maemo.esbox.help/html/tasks/DebianPackage.html
Log:
updated info and screenshots
Modified: branches/work_Jeff/org.maemo.esbox.help/html/tasks/DebianPackage.html
===================================================================
--- branches/work_Jeff/org.maemo.esbox.help/html/tasks/DebianPackage.html 2008-11-24 17:26:42 UTC (rev 999)
+++ branches/work_Jeff/org.maemo.esbox.help/html/tasks/DebianPackage.html 2008-11-24 17:28:01 UTC (rev 1000)
@@ -17,27 +17,24 @@
<h2 class="style1">Debian Package Management</h2>
<p>
-Debian package is one of the most easy and common methods used
+Debian package is a common method used
to deploy software (especially for Debian distributions). ESbox provides
-features to easily generate, deploy and install .deb packages for your
+features to generate, deploy and install .deb packages for your
application (C/C++ or Python) on an Internet Tablet. ESbox uses ssh to
deploy and install your .deb package onto the Internet Tablet, so, it's
-necessary to properly configure ssh in the <strong>ESbox > SSH</strong> preferences.
-
+necessary to properly configure ssh in <strong>Window > Preferences > Maemo > SSH</strong> preferences.
<div style="margin-left: 2em; margin-right: 2em; background-color: #ffff80; border: solid #999 1px; padding: 5px;">
-<span style="font-weight: bold;">NOTE</span>: You have to create a "debian" directory under your project and maintain all the
+<span style="font-weight: bold;">NOTE</span>: You have to create a "debian" directory under your project and maintain all
necessary files in order to create or deploy packages.</p>
<p>
-The "Hildon GUI Project" template is initialized with such files.
-</p>
+The "Hildon GUI Project" template is initialized with such files.</p>
<p>
See <a href="http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.en.html">this page</a> for details about Debian packaging.
</p>
</div>
-<h4 class="style1">Create Debian Package</h4>
-
+<h3 class="style1">Create Debian Package</h3>
<p>
You can create Debian packages for the Internet Tablet Application
Manager. This provides an easy way to import user applications to the Internet Tablet.
@@ -45,55 +42,50 @@
<ol>
- <li>Select Debian Package in the popup menu.</li>
+ <li>Select a project, right-click and select Debian Package in the popup menu.</li>
<li>Click on <strong>Create Debian Package</strong>.
<p>
-<img src="../images/debian.jpg" alt="Debian Package menu" width="731" height="571" />
- </p>
- </li>
+<img src="../images/debian_pkg.png" alt="Debian Package menu" width="660" height="416" /> </p>
+ </li>
- <li>The package will be built, with results reported to the Console.</li>
+ <li>The package will be built, with results reported to the Console view.</li>
</ol>
<h4 class="style1"><br>
</h4>
-<h4 class="style1">Deploy and Install Debian Package</h4>
-
-<p>ESbox allows you to deploy and install the .deb package generated.</p>
- <p>You may choose to create the package in this step, or [re-]install a previously generated package.</p>
+<h3 class="style1">Deploy and Install Debian Package</h3>
+<p>ESbox allows you to deploy and install the generated .deb package.</p>
+ <p>You may choose to create the package in this step, or re-install a previously generated package.</p>
- <p>To install your application on the Internet Tablet:</p>
+<p>To install your application on the Internet Tablet:</p>
<ol>
- <li>Go to Debian Package on a project's context menu.</li>
+ <li>Select a project in Project Explorer, right-click and select Debian Package in the context menu.</li>
<li>Click on <strong>Install Debian Package on Device</strong>.</li>
<p>This item opens the dialog with name of the project, the last known or guessed package location, and the device address.</p>
- <p><img src="../images/debian1.jpg" alt="debian3"></p>
+ <p><img src="../images/deploydebian_pkg.png" alt="debian3" width="550" height="400"></p>
<li>Click on <b>Browse...</b> to select a package if you haven't deployed it before, or type in the path to the package
- if you're planning to build it for the first time in this step.
- <p>(In the future, ESbox should be able to determine the package name on its own.)
- </p>
- </li>
+ if you're planning to build it for the first time in this step.</li>
<li>Check <b>Create Debian Package</b> to build the package.</li>
<li>Check <b>Install package on device</b> to install the package. When enabled, the <b>Device Address</b> field is enabled.</li>
<li>Click <b>Finish</b>.</li>
- <li>If your device has not authenticated with the host for password-less login, then your SSH client will ask you for the password
- for the "User" in the <strong>ESbox > SSH</strong> preference page as it copies the package, and then the password for
+ <li>If your device does not authenticate with the host for no password login, then your SSH client will ask for the password
+ for the "User" in the <strong>Window > Preferences > Maemo > SSH</strong><strong> </strong>preference page as it copies the package, and then the password for
the device's "root" account to install the package:
- <p><img alt="password prompt" src="../images/debian2.jpg"></p>
+ <p><img alt="password prompt" src="../images/debian2.jpg"></p>
</li>
- <li>The results of the operation are reported in the Console.</li>
+ <li>The results of the operation are reported in the Console view.</li>
</ol>
</body>
</html>
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