MeeGo SDK Installer: Component Selection

from: http://developer.meego.com/guides/getting-started/meego-sdk-installer-component-selection

 

The MeeGo SDK includes many development components. Understanding these components is important when running the installer for the first time. This page describes each component and gives a recommendation for normal development.

The MeeGo SDK is made up of the following components (file sizes may vary between operating system).

 

Tools

The following tools are the core of the MeeGo SDK.

 

 MeeGo SDK tools

Component	Description	Installed Size
Qt Creator	Cross-platform Qt IDE	143 MB
Qt Simulator	Qt / Qt Mobility simulation environment	800 MB
QEMU Virtual Machine	Used to boot a MeeGo image on your host system	11 MB

 

Targets

A MeeGo "target" is a collection of 3 components: toolchain, build libraries, and virtual machine image with device skin. Targets exist for x86 and ARM-based devices such as tablets, handsets and netbooks. A developer must have one of the MeeGo targets installed and one is recommended for new developers. More can be installed if desired.

 

MeeGo SDK targets

Component	Description	Installed Size
Toolchain	MeeGo-compatible compiler and tools	21 MB
Build libraries	MeeGo-compatible build libraries for compiling MeeGo applications on your host	836 MB
Virtual machine image	The MeeGo image used in the virtual machine or with chroot	2.92 GB

 

Windows

On Windows either Microsoft Visual C++ compiler or MinGW compiler is needed.

 

Windows MeeGo SDK components

Component	Description
Microsoft Visual Studio 8	Microsoft SDK which includes the Visual C++ compiler
MinGW	Open source compiler and programming tools for Windows
vcredist_x86.exe (Windows XP only)	Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)