On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 3:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you all for the responses. > > It looks like going for Linux (either virtual or real) is the best option > for development. Hardware doesn't matter as none of the platform provides > SDR capability anyway. > > Another question about tools/source install for TinyOS 2.1: Is there any > one stop shop that ALL necessary packages can be downloaded and installed at > once? Or do I have to go through the 5 or 6 steps to do all these manually? > From what I have read, the one stop option (Linux Live CD) doesn't currently > work. So the next option is a two-step approach using apt-get. But the "sudo > apt-get install tinyos" failed in my case because it complained about lots > of missing dependencies. So my conclusion is you have to do this manually. > Did I miss something?
Doesn't apt-get install all the missing dependencies automatically? > > > Thanks. > > David > > > On Feb 24, 2009 8:30am, Janos Sallai <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 1. Which software platform is better for development in terms of ease > > > > > of use? I have seen Windows and Linux. For Linux is it Ubuntu or > > > > > Fedora? > > > > I suggest that you use a virtual machine image that runs under VMWare > > > > Player. Then it does not matter what host operating system you use. > > > > This is the easiest way to get started with TinyOS. > > > > > > > > > 2. Which hardware platform is better to use, Mica based or Telos > > > > > based? Consider the factor that I might have to customize the radio > > > > > waveform (software defined radio), and other high level power control > > > > > stuff in the future. > > > > Both micaz and telos use the CC2420 802.15.4 compliant transceiver > > > > (DSSS/O-QPSK), so you will not be able to experiment with the > > > > waveform. > > > > > > > > Janos > > > _______________________________________________ > Tinyos-help mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.millennium.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tinyos-help >
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