Difference between revisions of "Elphel Software Kit for Ubuntu"
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==DVD content:== | ==DVD content:== | ||
| + | Our DVD differ from standard kubuntu in several way: | ||
| + | |||
| + | * it include all softwares needed by users of our cameras | ||
| + | * we added some video editing & images processing softwares | ||
| + | * it include softwares for software and hardware developers | ||
| + | * some configuration file are modified to suit our needs | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===User software=== | ||
| + | |||
| + | For users we provide: | ||
| + | |||
| + | * flashit icon on the desktop to reflash our cameras with the latest firmware | ||
| + | * Firefox web browser with mplayer and genres plugin to provide live view of our cameras | ||
| + | * LAMP based DVR to provide a simple way to record videos from our cameras | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Video Applications:=== | ||
* mplayer | * mplayer | ||
* genres | * genres | ||
* ... | * ... | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Elphel SDK=== | ||
| + | |||
| + | We provide our clients with a complete SDK to develop software, FPGA code and even to redesign the hardware. | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Eclipse IDE | ||
| + | * VDT verilog plugin for Eclipse IDE | ||
| + | * LAMP preinstalled on the DVD | ||
| + | * GTKWave | ||
| + | * Qcad | ||
| + | * Kicad | ||
| + | * iverilog | ||
| + | * GNURadio | ||
| + | * ... | ||
| + | |||
==Remastering the DVD:== | ==Remastering the DVD:== | ||
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| − | prepare the environment: | + | ===prepare the environment:=== |
sudo su | sudo su | ||
cd | cd | ||
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rmdir tmp | rmdir tmp | ||
| − | modify the distribution: | + | ===modify the distribution:=== |
mount --bind /proc remaster-root/proc | mount --bind /proc remaster-root/proc | ||
mount --bind /sys remaster-root/sys | mount --bind /sys remaster-root/sys | ||
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umount remaster-root/proc | umount remaster-root/proc | ||
| − | rebuild the DVD: | + | ===rebuild the DVD:=== |
chroot . dpkg-query -W --showformat='${Package} ${Version}\n' > ../remaster-iso/casper/filesystem.manifest | chroot . dpkg-query -W --showformat='${Package} ${Version}\n' > ../remaster-iso/casper/filesystem.manifest | ||
chroot . dpkg-query -W --showformat='${Package} ${Version}\n' > ../remaster-iso/casper/filesystem.manifest-desktop | chroot . dpkg-query -W --showformat='${Package} ${Version}\n' > ../remaster-iso/casper/filesystem.manifest-desktop | ||
Revision as of 22:22, 24 May 2007
All Elphel cameras are packaged with a DVD what can be used as a Live DVD or installed on the disc. This DVD is kubuntu based GNU/Linux distribution with some additional softwares. This page describe the content of the DVD, how to use and customize it.
The idea is to bring to our users a GNU/Linux distribution what whey can use with our cameras installing it on they computers or using it as LiveDVD. On the other side it provide more advanced users and developers with many tools to cros-compile, simulate FPGA code, reflash the camera etc..
Contents
DVD content:
Our DVD differ from standard kubuntu in several way:
- it include all softwares needed by users of our cameras
- we added some video editing & images processing softwares
- it include softwares for software and hardware developers
- some configuration file are modified to suit our needs
User software
For users we provide:
- flashit icon on the desktop to reflash our cameras with the latest firmware
- Firefox web browser with mplayer and genres plugin to provide live view of our cameras
- LAMP based DVR to provide a simple way to record videos from our cameras
Video Applications:
- mplayer
- genres
- ...
Elphel SDK
We provide our clients with a complete SDK to develop software, FPGA code and even to redesign the hardware.
- Eclipse IDE
- VDT verilog plugin for Eclipse IDE
- LAMP preinstalled on the DVD
- GTKWave
- Qcad
- Kicad
- iverilog
- GNURadio
- ...
Remastering the DVD:
Our distribution is based on Kubuntu GNU/Linux. You can remaster it from Live session with an external hard-drive or after installing our base distribution on your computer. Here i suppose what it's installed and you have sufficient space (~6 GO).
So here is the modification process:
prepare the environment:
sudo su cd mount /media/cdrom mkdir remaster-root remaster-iso remaster-new-files tmp cp -R /media/cdrom/* remaster-iso mount -t squashfs -o loop,ro remaster-iso/casper/filesystem.squashfs tmp cp -R tmp/* remaster-root umount tmp rmdir tmp
modify the distribution:
mount --bind /proc remaster-root/proc mount --bind /sys remaster-root/sys mount --bind /dev remaster-root/dev chroot remaster-root #install your softwares, remove unneeded softwares modify configuration files, ... apt-get remove nano apt-get install vim apt-get clean exit umount remaster-root/dev umount remaster-root/sys umount remaster-root/proc
rebuild the DVD:
chroot . dpkg-query -W --showformat='${Package} ${Version}\n' > ../remaster-iso/casper/filesystem.manifest
chroot . dpkg-query -W --showformat='${Package} ${Version}\n' > ../remaster-iso/casper/filesystem.manifest-desktop
mksquashfs . ../remaster-iso/casper/filesystem.squashfs
cd ../remaster-iso
find . -type f -print0 |xargs -0 md5sum |sudo tee md5sum.txt
mkisofs -o ../remaster-new-files/Elphel-Software-Kit.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -r -V "Elphel Software Kit" -cache-inodes -J -l .
What's all :) you have a new DVD image in /root/remaster-new-files/Elphel-Software-Kit.iso
