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= Introduction =

A toolchain is a set of tools that allows you to compile code. For OpenMoko, we have to differenciate the following use-cases:

* Developing a single application

For this, you should use a prebuilt toolchain from the OpenMoko project. Here you can find a recipe to get started with this toolchain leading you through a series of steps to compile a project and run it on your target device.

* System Integration and customizing a distribution

For this task, you should use [[OpenEmbedded]] which builds its own cross compiler during the bootstrapping/build process. System Integration and customizing a distribution is out of scope of this page.

= Prerequisites = 

You should be reasonably familiar with Linux and its command line tools, have an x86-compatible computer with at least 1G of free disk space.

= Downloading and installing the toolchain =

The prebuilt toolchain can be downloaded from [[http://downloads.openmoko.org/toolchains downloads.openmoko.org]]:

 cd ~
 wget http://downloads.openmoko.org/toolchains/openmoko-Snapshot-20071126-arm-linux-gnueabi-toolchain.tar.bz2

Next, you want to extract it on your filesystem. This toolchain is ''not'' relocatable, it needs to be installed into /usr/local/openmoko:

 cd /
 tar xjvf ~/openmoko-Snapshot-20071126-arm-linux-gnueabi-toolchain.tar.bz2

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= Using the toolchain to build a sample project  =


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= Where to go from here =

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