Chapter 3. Assabet

Table of Contents
Installing the Century Software Assabet SDK
Install Bootldr
Creating a Unique Development Tree
Building a Kernel and Installing It on Your Assabet
Building the Century Desktop and Its Applications for Your PC
Building the Century Desktop and Its Applications for Your Assabet
Make a RAMDisk for the Filesystems
Upoading Kernel and RAMDisk files to the Assabet
Installing the Skiff Toolchain
Compiling and Installing an Application for the Assabet

Installing the Century Software Assabet SDK

The Century Software Assabet SDK provides the tools you need to install Linux on your Assabet and develop Nano-X applications. Your Assabet SDK includes the following files:

assabet-bindist-arm-1.00-0.i386.rpm
assabet-bindist-x86-1.00-0.i386.rpm
assabet-sdk-3rdlibs-1.00-0.i386.rpm
assabet-sdk-boot-1.1-0.i386.rpm
assabet-sdk-bootloader-1.1-0.i386.rpm
assabet-sdk-kernel-1.1-0.i386.rpm
assabet-sdk-microwin-bin-1.1-0.i386.rpm
assabet-sdk-microwin-src-1.1-0.i386.rpm
assabet-sdk-toolchain-1.00-0.i386.rpm

If you have purchased the Century Software iPAQ EDK, you also have these RPMs available.

assabet-edk-flnxapps-src-1.1-0.i386.rpm
assabet-edk-nxapps-src-1.1-0.i386.rpm
assabet-edk-videoapps-src-1.1-0.i386.rpm

Depending on what type of applications you want to develop, you may not need to install all the RPM files.

If you want to do thisInstall these RPMs
Install the precompiled binaries for the Assabet

assabet-bindist-arm-1.00-0.i386.rpm

Install the precompiled binaries for x86

assabet-bindist-x86-1.00-0.i386.rpm

Develop Nano-X applications

assabet-sdk-boot-1.1-0.i386.rpm
assabet-sdk-kernel-1.1-0.i386.rpm
assabet-sdk-microwin-src-1.1-0.i386.rpm

Develop FLTK applications, such as PIMs

assabet-edk-flnxapps-src-1.1-0.i386.rpm

Develop screentop managers and utilities

assabet-edk-nxapps-src-1.1-0.i386.rpm

Develop MPEG-based applications

assabet-edk-viedoapps-src-1.1-0.i386.rpm

To Install an RPM

  1. Log in to your system as root.

  2. To install an RPM file, enter this command:

    rpm -i filename

    Replace filename with the name of the RPM file or files you want to install.