[Esbox-users] ESbox virtual machine configuration

[Frans Gouverne]

>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: Ed.Swartz at nokia.com
>> To: f.gouverne at casema.nl
>> Cc: esbox-users at garage.maemo.org
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 10:31 PM
>> Subject: RE: ESbox virtual machine configuration
>>
>>
>> Hi Frans,
>>
>> I have followed instructions from this page to set up ESbox under WinXP
>> and running maemo sdk in a virtual machine VMware.
>>
>> I have installed Eclipse Version: 3.3.2, ESbox 1.4.1 and Pydev 1.4.6.
>> Besides, I am running VMware Player and using Ubuntu Server Gutsy from
>> here.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> However, I cannot find this config dialog in Eclipse => Preferences (see
>> picture below).
>> Anybody knows where to find this "Build Machines" config or what might be
>> missing on my system?
>>
>> By the way, the installation of ESbox by means of the Remote Update Site
>> as described here did not work, so I installed manually the zip file
>> esbox_site_1_4_1.zip. Or do I have to use the second edition? I did not
>> manage to get the second edition working in Eclipse though by using this
>> file esbox-repository.zip
>>
> [[[ejs]]] Yes, you need second edition, beta 1.  The virtual machine
> support is being added in the new release.  See this page (and the other
> beta1/ pages) for installation instructions:
>
> http://esbox.garage.maemo.org/beta1/installation.html
>
> And find the release information from here:
>
> http://esbox.garage.maemo.org/beta1/releases.html
>
> Good luck !
>
> -- Ed
>
> P.S. We'll be sure to fix up these webpages before the beta 2 release so
> the old 1st edition ones are the ones that are hard to find ;)

Thanks Ed, that was really helpful!

At first, sharing folders with the VM did not succeed, but then I discovered
I had to share the folder on WinXP manually first and then it passed all
sanity tests!

Next step is to install cygwin, build a simple C project and run it in the
emulator.

Frans