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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter 1. Quick Start</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="cs.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.74.0"><meta name="description" content=" This chapter includes a brief checklist to follow when installing and using Sourcery G++ Lite for the first time. You may use this chapter as an abbreviated guide to the rest of this manual."><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Sourcery G++ Lite"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Sourcery G++ Lite"><link rel="prev" href="pr01s03.html" title="3. Typographical Conventions"><link rel="next" href="ch01s02.html" title="1.2. Configuring Sourcery G++ Lite for the Target System"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 1. Quick Start</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pr01s03.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch01s02.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="chap-quickstart"></a>Chapter 1. Quick Start</h2></div><div><div class="abstract"><p class="title"><b></b></p><p>
This chapter includes a brief checklist to follow when installing
and using Sourcery G++ Lite for the first time. You may use this chapter
as an abbreviated guide to the rest of this manual.
</p></div></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="chap-quickstart.html#id274482">1.1. Installation and Set-Up</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch01s02.html">1.2. Configuring Sourcery G++ Lite for the Target System</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch01s03.html">1.3. Building Your Program</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch01s04.html">1.4. Running and Debugging Your Program</a></span></dt></dl></div><p>
Sourcery G++ Lite for ARM GNU/Linux is intended for developers working on
embedded GNU/Linux applications.
It may also be used for Linux
kernel development and debugging, or to build a GNU/Linux
distribution.
</p><p>
Follow the steps given in this chapter to install Sourcery G++ Lite
and build and run your first application program. The checklist given here
is not a tutorial and does not include detailed instructions
for each step; however, it will help guide you to find the instructions
and reference information you need to accomplish each step.
<span>
Note that this checklist is also oriented towards application debugging
rather than kernel debugging.
</span>
</p><p>
You can find additional details about the components, libraries, and
other features included in this version of Sourcery G++ Lite in
<a class="xref" href="chap-target.html" title="Chapter 3. Sourcery G++ Lite for ARM GNU/Linux">Chapter 3, &#8220;Sourcery G++ Lite for ARM GNU/Linux&#8221;</a>.
</p><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id274482"></a>1.1. Installation and Set-Up</h2></div></div></div><p><b>Install Sourcery G++ Lite on your host computer. </b>
You may download an installer package from the
<span><a class="ulink" href="http://www.codesourcery.com/gnu_toolchains/" target="_top">Sourcery G++ web site</a>,</span>
or you may have received an installer on CD.
The installer is an executable
program that pops up a window on your computer and leads you through
a series of dialogs to configure your installation.
When the installation is complete, it offers to launch
the Getting Started guide.
For more information about installing Sourcery G++ Lite, including
host system requirements and tips to set up your environment
after installation, refer to
<a class="xref" href="chap-installation.html" title="Chapter 2. Installation and Configuration">Chapter 2, &#8220;Installation and Configuration&#8221;</a>.
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