How to Cross Compile Steno Application with QtCreator

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Félix Roy edited this page Nov 26, 2019 · 4 revisions

Introduction

This wiki page explains how to cross-compile the Steno app on host computer for target with QtCreator.

Prerequisits

The target must have the NVIDIA Jetpack SDK installed. See wiki page.

The target must be configured. See wiki page.

The host computer must have cross-compiled Qt. See wiki page.

Procedure

Install QtCreator
```
sudo apt-get install qtcreator
```
Open QtCreator
Open Options window via Tools/Options... then go to Kits options

In Qt Versions tab press Add... and find qmake executable from cross-compiled Qt

In Compilers tab press Add/GCC/C and find GCC compiler from linaro tool chain

In Compilers tab press Add/GCC/C++ and find G++ compiler from linaro tool chain

In Debuggers tab press Add and set Path to GDB debugger from linaro tool chain

Press Apply to save changes
Go to Devices Options
Select Add...
In Device Configuration Wizard Selection, select Generic Linux Device and press Start Wizard

Give a name to the configuration, set the IP address of the target, set the username to log into and press Next >

Press Create New Key Pair, Deploy Pulbic Key and Next >

Press Finish to finalize device creation

Device Test should look like this

The newly created device should look like this

Go to Kits Options and select Kits tab
Press Add to create a new kit for the target. The configuration of the kit should look like this.

Select Apply to save changes then Ok
Open steno.pro project file
In the Configure Project select target kit and press Configure Project

In Projects, make sure Shadow build is disable
To build right click on the root folder and select Rebuild
To deploy on the target right click on the root folder and select Deploy