Hi Gilles, Thanks for the quick response. I saw this page earlier today, but must have missed the part in brackets, where it says the packages are necessary along with an appropriately patched and compiled kernel. Also, cheers for the additional tip regarding the use of the Debian packages as opposed to Ubuntu. I was using a more convoluted approach to the installation, and the one you linked to is appearing much more efficient so far (kernel currently compiling).
Best wishes, Charles -----Original Message----- From: "Gilles Chanteperdrix" [[email protected]] Date: 08/28/2010 05:42 AM To: "C Robinson" <[email protected]> CC: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Xenomai-help] Ubuntu packages C Robinson wrote: > Hi, > > I'm seeking some clarification on a few points. The background is > that I have some software I need to install which requires Xenomai on > Ubuntu. Being fairly recent on the Linux scene, following the > installation guide for Xenomai has been something of a voyage of > exploration, as yet unfinished - and somewhat more complicated as I'm > doing this on a bootable usb key. > > In any case, a colleague mentioned there was an easier way using the > available packages in the Ubuntu repositories, i.e. the > xenomai-runtime and associated packages. It was implied that with a > straight-forward 'aptitude install xenomai-runtime' and voila I have > a RTOS ready to use. Given the descriptions of these packages (and > no mention of patching of the kernel for example), I don't think that > this is their purpose, particularly when I tried downloading the > xenomai examples where the second step is : > > make XENO=<xenomai-installation-path> KSRC=<xenomai-kernel-source> > > Could someone confirm (or refute) this suspicion (that the packages > do not provide access to a RTOS) and perhaps explain the intended use > of the xenomai packages available on the ubuntu repositories - I've > not seen any detailed reference as to why one would download and > install these packages (say, in addition to having already gone > through the long process of kernel patching + compilation + user > space setup). > > Thanks for any assistance, Charles See: http://www.xenomai.org/index.php/Building_Debian_packages Please pay attention to the version of the packages available on Ubuntu. As far as I understood, they are outdated, so, you would probably better use the Debian package and install them on Ubuntu. -- Gilles. _______________________________________________ Xenomai-help mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/xenomai-help
