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== Introduction ==

This page will explain how to automatically install and configure Qt Creator for Armadeus boards.
It will also describe the way to use GDB in Qt Creator for remote applications.

== Installation ==

=== Buildroot ===

* Qt Creator is now fully integrated in Armadeus Buildroot. To install it, go in your project's BSP directory and use the command:

<pre class="host">
  [armadeus]$ make menuconfig
</pre>

<pre class="config">
[*] Host utilities  --->
  [*] host qtcreator  --->
      --- host qtcreator
      [ ]   GDB for QtCreator  --->   
</pre>

* If you want to use GDB in QtCreator for remote applications:

<pre class="config">
[*] Host utilities  --->
  [*] host qtcreator  --->
      --- host qtcreator
      [*]   GDB for QtCreator  --->
          --- GDB for QtCreator
          (192.168.0.208) GDB server IP address
          (5600) GDB server port
          (/srv/developpements/armadeus_4-1/processManager/bin/processManager) Local executable
          (/usr/bin/processManager) Remote executable path on system
          (-qws) Remote executable arguments
</pre>

The ''GDB server IP address'', the ''GDB server port'', the ''Local executable'' and the ''Remote executable path on system'' must be filled.
The ''Remote executable arguments'' are facultatives.

* Then you can build Qt Creator:
<pre class="host">
 [armadeus]$ make
</pre>

=== Manual configuration ===

* The QtCreator's configuration files are automatically generated in ''buildroot/output/host/etc/Nokia'': '''QtCreator.ini''' and '''toolChains.xml'''.
** Qt Embedded and g++ toolchain for ARM are automatically entered in Qt Creator's configuration.

* '''GDB server script''' can be manually modified. Is is located in ''buildroot/output/host/etc/Nokia/gdb_server_script''.
This script transfers the executable to debug to the remote system and launch the remote '''GDB server'''.
The following variables can be changed according to the user needs: ''IP_ADDR'', ''EXEC_ARGUMENTS'', ''PRIVATE_KEY_PATH'', ''LOCAL_EXEC_PATH'', ''REMOTE_EXEC_PATH''.

== Usage ==

* QtCreator's binary is located in ''buildroot/output/host/usr/bin/qtcreator''.

* Qt and toolchains can be respectively configured in the menu ''Tools --> Options --> Qt4 / Tool Chains''.

=== Remote debugger ===

When in Qt Creator, go in the menu ''Debug --> Start Debugging --> Start and Attach to Remote Application''.