[mythtv] noob to MythTV development

[Dave Mansfield]

Thanks for the extended info - I should've mentioned I've been using
Eclipse for 8+ yrs.

On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 5:35 AM, Roger James
<roger at beardandsandals.co.uk> wrote:
> Ok some typos corrected in this version.
>
> I agree that the learning curve for eclipse is steep. However if you follow
> some simple rules you can bypass most of the curve and get a fully
> integrated IDE with compiling, source debugging, and much more. The steps
> below work on Ubuntu but should work on any linux distro.
>
>
> 1. Download the Eclipse CDT Neon (or later) installer from eclipse.org. You
> need Neon or later for debugging to work properly.
>
>
> 2. Do not set up your eclipse workspace directory anywhere where above your
> Mythtv source code directory. i.e. Do not have the myth source in any
> subdirectory of the eclipse workspace directory. This is important!
>
>
> 3. Configure and build the Mythtv code in the normal way from the command
> line. i.e. ./configure --compile-type=debug; make. This is also an important
> step and must be done before you try to create an eclipse project.
>
>
> 4. Launch eclipse. Select File - New - Makefile Project with Existing Code.
> For Existing code location choose the directory where you have just run
> configure and created a Makefile.
>
>
> 5. When the process finishes and the c++ indexer has run, then try a build.
> At this point I suggest you change the default make command to suit your
> system. For my quad core system I use "make -j8". To do this select Project
> - Properties. On the property dialogue select C/C++ Build and uncheck the
> Use default build command box, type your new build command into the box
> below. Remember to OK all the way out. Then select Project - Build All.
> Check the console tab to see if the build runs OK.
>
>
> To avoid problems with debugging and running from within the ide. Go to the
> run menu and create a new debug launch configuration for each myth program
> you want to debug. Select C/C++ application as the launch template and press
> the new launch configuration button just above. In the main tab browse to
> the project name just just created and select that. For the C/C++
> application box, select browse project and browse to the executable you want
> to run. For example for mythbackend you should end up with
> programs/mythbackend/mythbackend in the box. After you have done this go to
> the environment variables tab and create a new LD_PRELOAD environment
> variable and set it to this.
>
>
> ${resource_loc:/master/libs/libmyth/libmyth-29.so.29.0.0}
> ${resource_loc:/master/libs/libmythbase/libmythbase-29.so.29.0.0}
> ${resource_loc:/master/libs/libmythfreemheg/libmythfreemheg-29.so.29.0.0}
> ${resource_loc:/master/libs/libmythmetadata/libmythmetadata-29.so.29.0.0}
> ${resource_loc:/master/libs/libmythprotoserver/libmythprotoserver-29.so.29.0.0}
> ${resource_loc:/master/libs/libmythservicecontracts/libmythservicecontracts-29.so.29.0.0}
> ${resource_loc:/master/libs/libmythtv/libmythtv-29.so.29.0.0}
> ${resource_loc:/master/libs/libmythui/libmythui-29.so.29.0.0}
> ${resource_loc:/master/libs/libmythupnp/libmythupnp-29.so.29.0.0}
>
>
> These are all on a single line separated by single spaces (you can use
> colons if you prefer).
>
>
> Finally go to the source code tab and check that it looks like this.
>
>
> Default
>
>     Absolute File Path
>
>     Program Relative File Path
>
>     name_of_your_project
>
>         name_of_a_directory_in_mythtv_source_top - /name_of_your_project
>
>         ... more directories in the top of your source tree.
>
>
> If it does not look like this then something has gone wrong and you should
> clean out the .settings directory and the .project and .cproject files from
> the project top directory (should be where you ran configure), and clean out
> your project and launch related stuff from the eclipse workspace directory
> (the easiest way to do this is delete everything including hidden files and
> directories from this directory). After that the first thing to check is
> that you really followed step 2. of the above. I have wasted many hours
> trying to replicate what eclipse puts under that default entry without
> success. If you end up with an empty default source path container, you
> really need to start over. Once you get into a situation where restore
> default on the sources tab gives you an empty container there is no way
> back.
>
>
>
> Enjoy.
>
>
> Roger
>
>
>
>
>
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