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3%   TITLE: OSSIE 0.8.1 Installation Guide
4% AUTHORS: Mike Ekoniak, Matt Carrick, Drew Cormier, Christopher Covington,
5%          Carl B. Dietrich, Joseph Gaeddert, Benjamin Hilburn,
6%          C. Ian Phelps, Shereef Sayed, Jason Snyder, Haris Volos
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8% REVISED:
9%     URL: http://ossie.wireless.vt.edu/
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13\newpage
14\section{Installation}
15\label{section:installation}
16For users that do not have access to a Linux system, or are unfamiliar with Linux, we recommend
17that you use our pre-built VMWare images.  These images have OSSIE pre-installed on them, and are
18ready to use out-of-the-box. Using an OSSIE VMware image is described in
19Section~\ref{section:installation:vmware}.
20
21% NOTE: We lack yum install at the moment
22
23% For most users on Fedora systems, installing OSSIE and its dependencies via yum is the best
24% route.  The only reason not to install via yum is if you plan on doing active
25% development \emph{on} OSSIE, and need access to the source code.  Note that this
26% does not include application/waveform developers who are developing \emph{with}
27% OSSIE, as they do not need access to the OSSIE source code.
28
29Although we do not yet provide and support binary installation packages for more Linux
30distributions, compiling OSSIE from source on them should be possible.
31
32To install OSSIE from source, follow the below instructions to install the OSSIE dependencies,
33and then compile and install the source code.
34
35% \subsection{Installing OSSIE via Yum}
36% \label{section:installation:yum}
37
38% Note:  At the time this guide was compiled, the latest version of OSSIE available by Yum was 0.7.0.  Version 0.7.1 is expected to be available by Yum in late 2008 or early 2009.
39
40% \subsubsection{Add OSSIE Repository to Yum}
41% \label{section:installation:yum:ossierepo}
42% In order to install OSSIE via the YUM repository, you must first edit your `/etc/yum.conf' to
43% add the OSSIE repository to the YUM search list. In this example, we use {\tt nano}, but you may use
44% whatever editor you wish ({\tt vim}, {\tt emacs}, etc). Unless your nanorc has already been configured to not
45% wrap lines, the `-w' flag is necessary to prevent {\tt nano} from adding line breaks to the file.
46% \begin{lstlisting}[]
47% $ su -
48% # nano -w /etc/yum.conf
49% \end{lstlisting}
50% Add the following lines at the bottom of the file:
51% \begin{lstlisting}[]
52% [ossie-vt]
53% name = OSSIE-VT
54% baseurl=http://ossie.wireless.vt.edu/yum/ossie-vt/
55% gpgcheck=0
56% \end{lstlisting}
57% Now update your system. This will refresh your yum package cache.  It is also always smart to have
58% a fully updated system before installing new software anyways.
59% \begin{lstlisting}[]
60% # yum update
61% \end{lstlisting}
62%
63% \subsubsection{Install OSSIE}
64% \label{section:installation:yum:installviayum}
65% Now install OSSIE and its dependencies via yum by typing:
66% \begin{lstlisting}[]
67% # yum install ossie
68% # exit
69% \end{lstlisting}
70
71% Congratulations!  You should now have a fully-operable OSSIE installation.
72
73\subsection{Installing OSSIE from Source}
74\label{section:installation:source}
75
76\subsubsection{Notes on OSSIE Installation from Source}
77\label{section:installation:source:notesonsource}
78This section assumes that the user is familiar with basic
79Linux commands such as {\tt cd} and {\tt ls}.
80Commands run with root permissions are prefixed with {\tt \#}, while others
81are prefixed with {\tt \$}.
82
83OSSIE depends on the following software packages:
84\begin{itemize}
85\item Boost - a C++ library of common mechanisms
86\item omniORB - a CORBA implementation
87\item omniORBpy - a Python interface for omniORB, necessary for the OSSIE tools and components
88\item wxPython - a Python interface for the wxWidgets graphical library, used by the OSSIE tools
89\item numpy - a Python numerical library used by the OSSIE tools
90\end{itemize}
91
92If you have an older version of OSSIE installed, then you will need to delete the contents of {\tt /sdr/}.
93\begin{lstlisting}[]
94 $ rm -rf /sdr/*
95\end{lstlisting}
96
97% OSSIE \ossieversion\  is packaged with a convenient Python script called {\tt build.py} to automatically
98% configure and build the packages necessary for the framework, tools, and other
99% libraries. Use of this script is not mandatory, and you can manually compile and install all/part of
100% OSSIE as you wish.
101
102\subsubsection{Installing Dependencies on Fedora}
103\label{section:installation:source:dependencies:fedora}
104 On Fedora systems, the dependencies can be installed via {\tt yum}.
105%
106% First, add the OSSIE yum repository to your yum.conf.  This is described in
107% Section~\ref{section:installation:yum:ossierepo}
108%
109This is the entire dependency list, so some of these packages may already be installed.
110\begin{lstlisting}[]
111# yum -y install wxPython wxPython-devel numpy \
112rpm-build cabextract glibc-devel \
113python-devel openssl-devel gcc gcc-c++ libtool
114\end{lstlisting}
115
116We recommend installing omniORB and omniORBpy from source.
117\begin{lstlisting}[]
118 $ wget http://omniorb.sourceforge.net/releases/omniORB-4.1.4.tar.gz
119 $ wget http://omniorb.sourceforge.net/releases/omniORBpy-3.4.tar.gz
120 $ tar -xvf omniORB-4.1.4.tar.gz
121 $ tar -xvf omniORBpy-3.4.tar.gz
122 $ cd omniORB-4.1.4/
123 $ mkdir build
124 $ cd build
125 $ ../configure
126 $ make
127 $ sudo make install
128 $ cd ../../omniORBpy-3.4/
129 $ mkdir build
130 $ cd build
131 $ ./configure
132 $ make
133 $ sudo make install
134\end{lstlisting}
135
136If you plan on using GNURadio 3.2 or higher, or the USRP2, as part of your work, then you will need to install Boost v1.35 or higher.
137Currently, Fedora and Ubuntu do not ship with this version, so you will need to install it.
138Whether you are using Fedora or Ubuntu, we recommend that you install Boost from source. Download Boost from
139\href{http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.37.0/boost\_1\_37\_0.tar.bz2/download}{http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/} and unpack {\tt boost\_1\_37\_0.tar.bz2}.
140\begin{lstlisting}[]
141 $ wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.37.0/ \
142       boost_1_37_0.tar.bz2/download
143 $ tar -xvf boost_1_37_0.tar.bz2
144 $ cd boost_1_37_0/
145 $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/
146 $ make
147 $ sudo make install
148\end{lstlisting}
149
150If you are using Fedora Core 10 or higher, you will need to download the RPM for the SDL library in order to user the JPEGVideoViewer component.
151\begin{lstlisting}[]
152 $ wget http://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL-devel-1.2.13-1.i386.rpm
153 $ rpm -Ui SDL-devel-1.2.13-1.i386.rpm
154\end{lstlisting}
155%
156% Now move onto Section~\ref{section:installation:source:dependencies:gnuradio}
157%
158\subsubsection{Installing Dependencies on Ubuntu}
159\label{section:installation:dependencies:ubuntu}
160
161This is the entire dependency list, so some of these packages may already be installed.
162Install all of the following packages:
163\begin{lstlisting}[]
164$ sudo aptitude install gcc build-essential
165$ sudo aptitude -y install omniorb4 libomniorb4-dev omniidl4-python \
166omniorb4-nameserver python-omniorb2 libgtk2.0-dev freeglut3-dev \
167python-wxgtk2.8 python-wxversion python-wxtools python-numpy \
168python-numpy-ext python-numpy-dev g++ automake libtool subversion \
169python-dev fftw3-dev libcppunit-dev libboost-dev sdcc libusb-dev
170libasound2-dev libsdl1.2-dev guile-1.8 libqt3-mt-dev swig \
171python-profiler automake1.9 python2.5-dev sdcc-nf guile-1.8-dev \
172libqt4-dev ccache python-opengl libgsl0-dev python-lxml \
173doxygen qt4-dev-tools libqwt5-qt4-dev libqwtplot3d-qt4-dev
174\end{lstlisting}
175
176\subsubsection{Configure omniORB}
177\label{section:installation:source:dependencies:configomni}
178omniORB must be configured through the modification of a file. This file may be either \\
179{\tt /etc/omniORB.cfg} or {\tt /etc/omniORB4.cfg}, depending on the
180version of the omniORB dependency. If the file is not found, copy
181{\tt sample.cfg} from the omniORB-4.1.4 directory and rename it.
182\begin{lstlisting}[]
183 $ cd omniORB-4.1.4
184 # cp sample.cfg /etc/
185 # mv /etc/sample.cfg /etc/omniORB.cfg
186\end{lstlisting}
187Open the file as root, and search for the following line:
188\begin{lstlisting}[]
189 InitRef = NameService=corbaname::my.host.name
190\end{lstlisting}
191Uncomment the line by deleting the pound or hash character `\#' and change
192it to:
193\begin{lstlisting}[]
194 InitRef = NameService=corbaname::127.0.0.1
195\end{lstlisting}
196Before running the framework you will need to start the naming service. If you
197installed omniORB from source, you have to follow the instructions in
198Appendix~\ref{appendix:omninamessh}. When installing from yum
199{\tt omniNames} will automatically start when you restart your machine. Refer
200to Appendix~\ref{appendix:services} for instructions on how to start the
201omniNames service without restarting your machine or set whether the service
202starts automatically at boot.
203\footnote{You may also manually start a source-compiled tarball package of
204omniNames {\tt omniNames} with the script described in
205Appendix~\ref{appendix:omninamessh}}
206
207At this time it is a good idea to restart your machine.
208
209\subsubsection{Installing Portions of GNU Radio}
210\label{section:installation:source:dependencies:gnuradio}
211OSSIE uses a small subset of GNU Radio to communicate with and configure the USRP. The
212following steps will walk through installing portions of GNU Radio. OSSIE provides support
213for both the USRP and USRP2. If you would like to use the USRP2, then you will need to
214install GNURadio v3.2; otherwise, GNURadio v3.1 will work fine.
215
216First, we must install the GNU Radio firmware that can communicate with the USRP.
217
218If you are using Fedora 11, or Fedora 10 or lower and would like to use GNURadio v3.1, then:
219\begin{lstlisting}[]
220 # yum install usrp-devel
221\end{lstlisting}
222
223If you are using Ubuntu, and would like to use GNURadio v3.1 then:
224\begin{lstlisting}[]
225 $ sudo apt-get install usrp-firmware
226\end{lstlisting}
227
228If you would like to use GNURadio v3.2, and do not have Fedora 11 installed,
229then you must install from source:
230\begin{lstlisting}[]
231 $ wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnuradio/gnuradio-3.2.2.tar.gz
232 $ tar -xvf gnuradio-3.2.2.tar.gz
233 $ cd gnuradio-3.2.2/
234 $ ./configure
235 $ make
236 $ sudo make install
237\end{lstlisting}
238
239% First, GNU Radio's dependencies must be installed. If you are using Ubuntu and followed
240% the instructions for installing the dependencies, skip down to checking out the source
241% code from the GNU Radio Subversion repository. If you are installing on Fedora 9,
242% proceed with the following directions.
243
244% Install the Engineering and Scientific packages as well as the Software Development
245% packages as root entering the command:
246
247% \begin{lstlisting}[]
248%  # yum groupinstall "Engineering and Scientific" "Development Tools"
249% \end{lstlisting}
250
251% Additional utilities such as the FFT library and the CPP Test Framework must also be
252% installed. As root, enter the following command
253
254% \begin{lstlisting}[]
255%  # yum install fftw-devel cppunit-devel wxPython-devel libusb-devel  \
256%    guile boost-devel alsa-lib-devel numpy
257% \end{lstlisting}
258
259% The Small Device C Compiler, SDCC, must be installed:
260
261% \begin{lstlisting}[]
262%  # yum install sdcc
263% \end{lstlisting}
264
265% The path for the SDCC must be set. Open the .bashrc file and add the path to the end
266% of the file. To open the file, enter the command:
267
268% \begin{lstlisting}[]
269%  $ vim ~/.bashrc
270% \end{lstlisting}
271
272% Add the following path to the end of the file:
273% \begin{lstlisting}[]
274%  export PATH=/usr/libexec/sdcc:$PATH
275% \end{lstlisting}
276
277% At this point, all of the GNU Radio dependencies have been installed. Now, the GNU Radio
278% software must be installed.
279
280% Download the GNU Radio source code by entering the command:
281% \begin{lstlisting}[]
282%  $ svn co http://gnuradio.org/svn/gnuradio/branches/releases/3.1 gnuradio
283% \end{lstlisting}
284
285% Move into the {\tt gnuradio} directory and start building the source code by entering the
286% following commands:
287
288% \begin{lstlisting}[]
289%  $ cd gnuradio/
290%  $ ./bootstrap
291%  $ ./configure --disable-all-components --enable-gnuradio-core \
292%    --enable-usrp --enable-gr-usrp --enable-omnithread
293% \end{lstlisting}
294
295% This sets up the install to only build resources for the USRP which OSSIE requires.
296% Compile the source code by entering the command:
297
298% \begin{lstlisting}[]
299%  $ make
300% \end{lstlisting}
301
302% Verify that the compile worked by running a check:
303
304% \begin{lstlisting}[]
305%  $ make check
306% \end{lstlisting}
307
308% Install the portions of GNU Radio by running the following command as root:
309
310% \begin{lstlisting}[]
311%  # make install
312% \end{lstlisting} 
313
314% The libraries installed by GNU Radio need to be linked:
315
316% \begin{lstlisting}[]
317%  # /sbin/ldconfig
318% \end{lstlisting}
319
320At this point, GNU Radio and its dependencies have been installed. Now setup the
321proper permissions for the USRP. As root, create a group which will have access
322to the USRP:
323
324\begin{lstlisting}[]
325 # /usr/sbin/groupadd usrp
326\end{lstlisting}
327
328Add users to the group which need access to the USRP:
329
330\begin{lstlisting}[]
331 # /usr/sbin/usermod -G usrp -a USERNAME
332\end{lstlisting}
333
334Now that users will have access to the USRP, read and write access to the device
335must be created. As root, create the file {\tt /etc/udev/rules.d/10-usrp.rules} in
336a text editor:
337
338\begin{lstlisting}[]
339 # vim /etc/udev/rules.d/10-usrp.rules
340\end{lstlisting}
341
342Add the following text to the file:
343
344\begin{lstlisting}[]
345 ACTION=="add", BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="fffe", \
346 SYSFS{idProduct}=="0002", GROUP:="usrp", MODE:="0660"
347\end{lstlisting}
348
349The text above is displayed on two lines due to the contraints on page size, however
350the text must appear on a single line, without the backslash, in the file for the
351access to the USRP to work properly. You may also add the following comment lines to
352the file for future reference:
353
354\begin{lstlisting}[]
355 # rule to grant read/write access on USRP to group named usrp.
356 # to use, install this file in /etc/udev/rules.d/ as
357 # 10-usrp.rules
358\end{lstlisting}
359
360The USRP interface has now been created. As an optional test, connect the USRP
361to the computer and run the following command:
362
363\begin{lstlisting}[]
364 $ ls -lR /dev/bus/usb
365\end{lstlisting}
366
367The users root and usrp should now be listed under the user groups.
368
369If you are using the USRP2, it is necessary to have a gigabit ethernet interface and
370intruct the kernel to allow raw socket access to the ethernet port:
371\begin{lstlisting}[]
372 # chmod u+s /usr/local/bin/usrp2_socket_opener
373\end{lstlisting}
374
375This step is necessary every time you reinstall GNU Radio.
376
377
378\subsubsection{Install OSSIE}
379\label{section:installation:source:ossiecf}
380You are now ready to build and install OSSIE. 
381Note that installing by hand requires some knowledge of OSSIE, Linux, and software development.
382
383Download the latest tarball from
384\href{http://ossie.wireless.vt.edu/download/tarballs/\ossieversion/}{http://ossie.wireless.vt.edu/download/tarballs/\ossieversion/}
385\\ and unpack {\tt ossie-\ossieversion.tar.bz2}.
386\begin{lstlisting}[]
387 $ wget http://ossie.wireless.vt.edu/download/tarballs/0.8.1/ \
388   ossie-0.8.1.tar.bz2
389 $ tar -xvjf ossie-0.8.1.tar.bz2
390\end{lstlisting}
391
392By default, the installation directory of the OSSIE platform is {\tt /sdr}. In order to install new
393source code and binaries into this directory without root permissions, you need to create and change
394the ownership of {\tt /sdr}.
395\begin{lstlisting}[]
396 # mkdir /sdr
397 # chown -R username.username /sdr
398\end{lstlisting}
399where {\tt username} is your user name.
400
401\subsubsection{Using Autoconf}
402\label{section:installation:source:ossiecf:autoconf}
403
404\begin{lstlisting}[]
405 $ cd ossie-0.8.1
406 $ ./configure --prefix=/sdr --libdir=/usr/local/lib/ \
407   --includedir=/usr/local/include/ --with-boost --with-boost-filesystem
408 $ make
409 $ sudo make install
410\end{lstlisting}
411
412If you prefer, or require, a different root directory, then change the '--prefix' flag to your appropriate absolute path.
413If you require the OSSIE libraries to be installed to a different location, then change the '--libdir' flag to your appropriate absolute path.
414For futher 'configure' options, use {\tt configure --help}.
415
416%\subsubsection{Using Installation Scripts}
417%\label{section:installation:source:ossiecf:buildpy}
418
419%The included {\tt build.py} and {\tt setup.py} scripts automate the building and installation of
420%the OSSIE packages. Because OSSIE is built as a set of dependent libraries it is
421%necessary to build and install each one separately so that
422%they can link properly. These scripts take care of that for you.
423
424%In order for the script to run uninterrupted, the {\tt sudo} command must be
425%able to execute {\tt make install}.
426%As root, edit the {\tt sudoers} file\footnote{By default the sudoers file must
427%be edited with the {\tt visudo} command}
428%\begin{lstlisting}[]
429% # /usr/sbin/visudo
430%\end{lstlisting}
431
432%At the end of the file, add the following line:
433%\begin{lstlisting}[]
434% ALL ALL = NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/make install
435%\end{lstlisting}
436
437%Save and quit ({\tt :wq}).  If you made an error, visudo will tell you. We
438%recommend that you comment this line out by putting a pound character (`\#') in
439%front of it once you have finished installing OSSIE.
440%%TODO: Have a more secure (wheel group only?) method
441
442%The {\tt setup.py} script installs the tools used for component and waveform development. To install the tools, move into the {\tt tools} directory and run the {\tt setup.py} script as follows \\(optionally, use {\tt su -c "<command>"} instead of {\tt sudo <command>}):
443
444%\begin{lstlisting}[]
445% $ cd /home/username/path_to_ossie/tools
446% $ python setup.py build && sudo python setup.py install
447%\end{lstlisting}
448
449%The {\tt build.py} script installs the core framework, components, devices and a few demonstration waveforms. This script should not be run as root.
450%To install, first exit out of root, then move into the directory where the OSSIE \ossieversion\ tarball has been unpacked and run the script:
451
452%\begin{lstlisting}[]
453% # exit
454% $ cd /home/username/path_to_ossie/
455% $ python build.py
456%\end{lstlisting}
457
458%Depending on the speed of your system this might take several minutes. You may
459%be asked for a password during the first {\tt make install} command. Because we
460%are using {\tt sudo}, this prompt is asking for your user password, not the
461%root password. If successful, the prompt should say:
462%\begin{lstlisting}[]
463%*********************************************************
464
465%  Complete installation of OSSIE 0.8.1 finished!
466
467%*********************************************************
468%\end{lstlisting}
469
470\subsubsection{Updating System Libraries}
471\label{section:installation:source:ossiecf:ldconfig}
472Once the OSSIE libraries are installed, they need to be linked.
473As root edit the file {\tt /etc/ld.so.conf}, adding the line
474\begin{lstlisting}[]
475 /usr/local/lib
476\end{lstlisting}
477Now run:
478\begin{lstlisting}[]
479 # /sbin/ldconfig
480\end{lstlisting}
481
482OSSIE should now be successfully installed on your system. You can skip to
483Section~\ref{section:runningwaveforms} to learn how to run waveforms.
484
485\subsection{Installation of OSSIE Eclipse Feature}
486\label{section:installation:oefinstall}
487Installation of the OSSIE Eclipse Feature (OEF) requires the installation of OSSIE, Java, and Eclipse.
488
489\subsubsection{Installing Java}
490\label{section:installation:javainstall}
491Eclipse is written in Java, so you must have it installed to run Eclipse and OEF.
492We recommend using Sun's Java Development Kit. As of this writing, the GNU Compiler for Java (GCJ) will not work.
493
494Fedora Core 9 comes with the Sun JDK pre-installed but older versions require manual installation. On other distributions it is advisable to use the
495package manager to manage the installation, if possible.
496
497\subsubsection{Installing Java on Older Versions of Fedora}
498\label{section:installation:javafedora}
499Go to \href{http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp}{http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp}
500and click Download next to JDK 6 Update 6. Choose Linux in the platform drop down menu, click the check-box
501agreeing to the license agreement, and click continue. Download the Linux rpm in self extracting file,
502{\tt jdk-6u6-linux-i586-rpm.bin}.
503
504Open a terminal and navigate to the file. As root, execute the following command:
505\begin{lstlisting}[]
506 # sh jdk-u6-linux-i586-rpm.bin
507\end{lstlisting}
508
509Create {\tt java.sh} in {\tt /etc/profile.d/} with the following contents:
510\begin{lstlisting}[]
511 export JAVA_HOME="/usr/java/latest"
512 export JAVA_PATH="$JAVA_HOME"
513 export PATH="$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin"
514\end{lstlisting}
515
516Log out and back in to allow the changes to update.
517
518\subsubsection{Installing Java on Ubuntu}
519\label{section:installation:javaubuntu}
520In a terminal, enter the following lines:
521\begin{lstlisting}[]
522 $ sudo apt-get update
523 $ sudo apt-get install sun-java5-jdk
524\end{lstlisting}
525
526\subsubsection{Installing Eclipse}
527\label{section:installation:eclipseinstall}
528Install the Eclipse IDE for Java Developers. Go to the \href{http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/}{Eclipse Download Center} and download an Eclipse distribution for your platform.
529
530Eclipse is distributed as a tarball archive that you can unpack to location of your choice. Pick a location that is appropriate for your platform and
531simply unpack the contents. There is no self-installer, just unpack the distribution. Do not install Eclipse in a directory that has spaces anywhere
532in its full path name.
533
534\subsubsection{Installing OEF}
535\label{section:installation:oefinstall}
536Now that the dependencies have been installed, OEF can be installed.
537
538Move into the unpacked eclipse directory, and start eclipse:
539\begin{lstlisting}[]
540$ cd /path/to/eclipse
541$ ./eclipse
542\end{lstlisting}
543
544After Eclipse starts, on the toolbar select {\tt Help}, {\tt Software Updates}.
545In the new window, select the ``Available Software" tab and click the ``Add Site"
546button the right hand side. Enter the URL: {\tt http://ossie.wireless.vt.edu/eclipse/}
547and select OK. The window will then add the URL, OSSIE, OSSIE Waveform Developer
548Feature to the list of software to update. Place a check in the box next to OSSIE
549Waveform Developer Feature and click Install. Eclipse will bring up a window which will
550resolve any dependencies and then start the install guide.
551
552When the install window opens, make sure OSSIE Waveform Developer Feature is selected
553and click Next. Accept the GNU license agreement and select Next. Eclipse will then
554begin to download the necessary files, which may take a few minutes. Allow Eclipse to
555restart when it prompts to do so. After it restarts, the OSSIE Eclipse Feature will be
556installed.
557
558Select the OSSIE perspective within Eclipse. On the toolbar, select {\tt Window},
559{\tt Open Perspective}, {\tt Other}. In the new window, select OSSIE which will then
560open the OSSIE perspective. On the toolbar, select {\tt File}, {\tt New}, {\tt OSSIE Waveform},
561or {\tt OSSIE Component} to start developing.
562
563These same instructions used for installing OEF can be used later to update it to newer versions.
564
565\subsection{Using a VMware Image on Any Platform}
566\label{section:installation:vmware}
567A VMware image of a complete Fedora Core 9-based Linux system with all necessary
568dependencies and a complete install of OSSIE \ossieversion\ is available at \\
569\href{http://ossie.wireless.vt.edu/trac/wiki/Downloads}{http://ossie.wireless.vt.edu/trac/wiki/Downloads}.
570All that is needed to run the virtual image is the VM­Ware Player, available
571for no fee from \\
572\href{http://www.vmware.com/download/player/}{http://www.vmware.com/download/player/}.
573Versions of the player are available for both Windows and Linux.
574
575Install VMware Player on your system, unzip the virtual image and open it.
576For full instructions on installing and using VMware player, please
577consult the VMWare Player User Guide~\cite{vmware:web}.
578
579It is recommended that you keep a copy of the zipped virtual image so that you do
580not need to download the image a second time to start with a fresh copy. Changes
581that you make from within the image will alter it, and in the event of drastic
582unwanted changes, starting afresh is easy if you have an extra copy of the image
583on your hard drive.
584
585% \subsection{Via Ebuild on Gentoo Linux}
586% Support for installation via Gentoo's Portage package management system has not
587% yet been thoroughly tested but ebuilds do exist.
588%
589% To access the ebuilds, install and configure layman if you haven't already:
590% \begin{figure}
591% \begin{lstlisting}[]
592% # emerge layman
593% # echo "source /usr/portage/local/layman/make.conf" >> /etc/make.conf
594% \end{lstlisting}
595% \end{figure}
596%
597% Then, add ossie-overlay to your locally-stored overlays:
598% \begin{figure}
599% \begin{lstlisting}[]
600% # layman -a -o https://ossie.wireless.vt.edu/repos/ossie/experimental/scripts/gentoo/ossie-overlay.xml
601% \end{lstlisting}
602% \end{figure}
603%
604% You can then proceed with installing OSSIE:
605% \begin{figure}
606% \begin{lstlisting}[]
607% # emerge -av ossie
608% \end{lstlisting}
609% \end{figure}
610%
611% After sucessful compiliation of the OSSIE framework and its dependencies, skip
612% to section X.
613
614%\subsection{Embedded Platforms}
615%While installation on embedded platforms is not officially supported in the
616%0.6.2 release, work has been done (MENTION WORK) on porting OSSIE to embedded
617%platforms and we are interested in promoting more work in this area.
618
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