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Coding > Installing DevKitARM

#58425 - SolidSnake - Sun Oct 23, 2005 3:35 pm

how to get the devkitarm working for DS general coding? I intend to use it with Visual C++ as a IDE...

#58470 - Didou - Sun Oct 23, 2005 9:17 pm

Hi,

SolidSnake wrote:
how to get the devkitarm working for DS general coding?

I assume you are meaning "under Windos"...

Just create the directory tree as specified in http://www.devkitpro.org/setup.shtml when deflating the various needed archives.

The you may have to export 2 environment variables (DEVKITPRO: for example /c/devkitPro/devkitARM and DEVKITARM: for example /c/devkitPro).
A shell, I prefer to use either native Linux or Cygwin. It seems that MinSys is sufficent.

That's roughly all.

Quote:
I intend to use it with Visual C++ as a IDE...

Euuhh. don't you mind using a regular shell (bash) and a decent text editor (emacs) ?

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#58491 - wintermute - Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:43 am

It's much, much easier to use the devkitPro installer linked at the top of the setup instructions page.

The installer includes Programmer's Notepad already configured for use with the toolchain. Most of the nds examples contain a .pnproj file, double clicking on this will launch PN2, pressing ALT 1 or Tools->make will build the project, ALT 2 or Tools->clean will clean the project.

As for using Visual Studio, it really depends which version you want to use. There are some instructions in the devkitPro FAQ - http://www.devkitpro.org/faq.shtml

#58492 - wintermute - Mon Oct 24, 2005 12:48 am

Didou wrote:
Hi,

A shell, I prefer to use either native Linux or Cygwin. It seems that MinSys is sufficent.


Cygwin is *not* recommended for use with devkitPro, there are a number of problems with it.


Quote:
I intend to use it with Visual C++ as a IDE...
Euuhh. don't you mind using a regular shell (bash) and a decent text editor (emacs) ?


emacs on windows is crap. Running a shell to compile code when you can launch make via the editor and capture error output is a terrible way to program.

#58496 - SolidSnake - Mon Oct 24, 2005 1:41 am

wintermute wrote:
It's much, much easier to use the devkitPro installer linked at the top of the setup instructions page.

The installer includes Programmer's Notepad already configured for use with the toolchain. Most of the nds examples contain a .pnproj file, double clicking on this will launch PN2, pressing ALT 1 or Tools->make will build the project, ALT 2 or Tools->clean will clean the project.

As for using Visual Studio, it really depends which version you want to use. There are some instructions in the devkitPro FAQ - http://www.devkitpro.org/faq.shtml



i will stick with this one, since if i use visual studio, i will not be able to debug my app anyway, because i will need to run the soft in nds..

#61563 - ion - Mon Nov 21, 2005 5:51 pm

will this likewise work with devkitARM for GBA development i.e. the devkitPRO guide to set up VC++Express with devkitPRO?
ION

#61583 - tepples - Mon Nov 21, 2005 9:08 pm

wintermute wrote:
It's much, much easier to use the devkitPro installer linked at the top of the setup instructions page.

Not if your development machine isn't connected to high-speed Internet or even to the Internet at all.
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#61594 - wintermute - Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:29 pm

ion wrote:
will this likewise work with devkitARM for GBA development i.e. the devkitPRO guide to set up VC++Express with devkitPRO?
ION


Not quite sure what you mean here but the provided instructions will get you up and running with any makefile based system. This includes all of the devkitPro toolchains.

#61595 - wintermute - Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:31 pm

tepples wrote:
wintermute wrote:
It's much, much easier to use the devkitPro installer linked at the top of the setup instructions page.

Not if your development machine isn't connected to high-speed Internet or even to the Internet at all.


You can run the installer on a machine connected to the internet using the download only option then copy all the files across to a non connected machine.