RockBox Plugins

[Jazz00006]

hey, i love rockbox and i've been looking @ making my own plugin (but because im a newby @ C (but not at programming) i started to change around a few files. (to my spesifications)
eg; i make the disk tidy look for *.bmark files

but ive been having trouble following the tutorials on how to compile it again, are there any simpler ones around?

and i dont know the best one to choose just to compile a few files =S

Can anyone point out a few things to a guy thats lost, cheers

(and this is my first post so i dont know if this is the right place for it)

[Llorean]

You don't even say which tutorials you're following, so it's hard for us to know if you're following a simple one or a complicated one.

Ideally, you should ask about specific problems you're having while trying to compile.

[Febs]

There is a wiki page called SimpleGuideToCompiling:  http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/MenuLayoutDiscussion?topic=SimpleGuideToCompiling

[Jazz00006]

well, sorry abut not being SO specific, a guy gave me this link
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DocsIndex#For_Developers
and i got lost, and i think thats where i went wrong

looking over the other link now.

OK..
here the thing,
going from
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SimpleGuideToCompiling#Compiling_The_Source_Code

I then have everything in my directory like so:
http://sf.greyfyre.info/Jazz/images/files.gif
then using command prompt (like it said)

#  Enter that folder by typing cd folder, where folder is the name you chose for the folder (I chose build)
# In that folder type ../tools/configure which will bring up a list of all possible devices
 
And i get this
http://sf.greyfyre.info/Jazz/images/cmd.gif

and from then on im stuck.. any help please

[aliask]

You're trying to compile from DOS, which is impossible.
You'll either need CYGWIN, or access to a linux computer.

There are guides to installing CYGWIN in the wiki.

[Llorean]

Cygwin *or* VMWare both work in windows. VMWare is perhaps easier to set up, but a little more difficult to access the files in.

[Febs]

looking over the other link now.

OK..
here the thing,
going from
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SimpleGuideToCompiling#Compiling_The_Source_Code

You need to start at the beginning of that page.  In particular, look at this section:  http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SimpleGuideToCompiling#What_You_Will_Need

[Jazz00006]

o.O my bad, it said using the command window, i mostook it for the cmd prompt =S insted it was the cyg***  window my fault sry guys


now i can get up to the

    *  Once that is completed, you should see the text Created Makefile

Finally Compiling

    * Now type make

i type make but it says command not found, it also (when compiling) tells me that im missing some m68k-elf-gcc file, on line1082 of the configure file, =S

what do i do from here?

[Mikerman]

By any chance, are you on a computer that is set up to be networked?  I had that same issue with such a computer and it turned out that the Cygwin set-up set Cygwin up to look at the wrong file location for files--a quick redirection fixed that (after a huge amount of frustration and great help here).  There's a thread here on this.

http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=5369.15

[Jazz00006]

Actually i think i only need the file, m68k-elf-gcc file


From another TUT


4. Working PATH

Make sure you have sh-elf-gcc and siblings in the PATH. Make sure that you have 'perl' in your PATH too.


Reading deeper into the files then before, i rekon i just overlooked something =S

[barrywardell]

Are you sure you followed the instructions on the CygwinDevelopment wiki page? It sounds like you missed step 3.

[Jazz00006]

shh, i just found that in my last post an finished download it, it now works


now it just wont do the MAKE part? any help from here?

[barrywardell]

Can you be more specific? What error does it give?

[Jazz00006]

 4. Working PATH

Make sure you have sh-elf-gcc and siblings in the PATH. Make sure that you have 'perl' in your PATH too.

   $ which sh-elf-gcc
   $ which perl

Or, If making for an iriver target:

   $ which m68k-elf-gcc

Or, If making for an iPod target:

   $ which arm-elf-gcc

5. Build

Run 'make' in the build dir and soon the necessary pieces from the firmware and the apps directories have been compiled, linked and scrambled for you.

   $ make



using make it says command not found.

Using a h340 (10) and a normal build

[barrywardell]

Sounds like you missed part of step 2. Maybe you didn't select Devel - make when you were installin cygwin.