Development Environment Windows/Debian

[oskaratk]

Howdy,

I need to develop a bit for the A20. 20+ years experience in the win world, now starting on Linux. So please bear with me :-)

As development machine, I have a Windows8/64 bit install with VMware 10.

Which Debian Version/ processor architecture should I install in the VM?

Thanks
Oskar

[giovanni.v]

As development machine, I have a Windows8/64 bit install with VMware 10.

Which Debian Version/ processor architecture should I install in the VM?

Because VMware is a virtualization stack and NOT an emulator the only option you have is to install an x86 arch distribution, 32 or 64 bit.

Go with a fresh Debian 7 (wheezy) setup then update the system:

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apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

Set your time zone properly:

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dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

Then be shure to have all development tools:

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apt-get install build-essential
apt-get install gawk bison flex curl autoconf automake libncurses5-dev pkg-config
apt-get install gettext libtool git gperf libgmp3-dev libmpc-dev nvi subversion
apt-get install dosfstools unzip

Now you will also need a cross compiler toolchain suitable for your target. Follow this recent Olimex blog post to get an idea:
- https://olimex.wordpress.com/2013/11/05/building-the-ultimate-debian-sd-card-for-linux-with-kernel-3-4-for-a20-olinuxino-micro/

[oskaratk]

Thanks,

very helpful

Oskar

[oskaratk]

Are you folks using any kind of developer IDE ( like codelite ) or all text editor and command line ?

Oskar