The GNU MCU Eclipse Windows Build Tools binary xPack
This binary xPack installs the platform specific binaries for
GNU MCU Eclipse Windows Build Tools.
The source files of the xPack project are publicly available from
GitHub.
How to use
This section is intended for developers who plan to use the
Windows Build Tools.
Prerequisites
The only requirement is a recent
xpm, which is a portable
Node.js command line application. To install it,
follow the instructions from the
xpm page.
Easy install
The xPack is available as
@gnu-mcu-eclipse/windows-build-tools
from the public npmjs.com repository; with xpm available, installing
the latest version of the package is quite easy:
$ xpm install @gnu-mcu-eclipse/windows-build-tools --global
Global xPacks are always installed in the user home folder, even on GNU/Linux
or macOS, and do not require sudo.
The GNU MCU Eclipse plug-ins automatically identify binaries installed with
xpm and provide a convenient method to manage paths.
To remove the installed xPack, the command is similar:
$ xpm uninstall @gnu-mcu-eclipse/windows-build-tools --global
(Note: not yet implemented. As a temporary workaround, simply remove the
xPacks/@gnu-mcu-eclipse/windows-build-tools folder, or the versions subfolders.)
Developer info
The xPack git repo
The few xPack source files are available from GitHub:
$ git clone https://github.com/gnu-mcu-eclipse/windows-build-tools-xpack.git windows-build-tools-xpack.git
Binary files
The binaries are not stored on the npmjs.com server, but are downloaded from
the releases
section of the gnu-mcu-eclipse/windows-build-tools GitHub project.
Maintainer info
How to publish
- open releases
and select the latest release
- update the
baseUrl: with the file URLs (including the tag/version)
- from the blog post, copy the SHA & file names
- commit all changes, use a message like
2.12.1-1 (without v)
- update
CHANGELOG.md; commit with a message like CHANGELOG: prepare v2.12.1-1
npm version 2.12.1-1- push all changes to GitHub
npm publish
License
The original content is released under the
MIT License, with all rights
reserved to Liviu Ionescu.
The binary distributions include several open-source components; the
corresponding licenses are available in the licenses
folder.
