DS-5 CE Install

Prerequisites

Host Operating System:

• Windows XP Professional service pack 3 (32-bit only)
• Windows 7 Professional (32/64-bit)
• Windows 7 Enterprise (32/64-bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop and Workstation option, Standard (32/64-bit)
• Ubuntu Desktop Edition 10.04 LTS (32-bit only)

Before you can use ARM DS-5 Community Edition, you need to prepare your computer with the correct version of the following components:

Eclipse IDE

Android SDK

• In order to develop Android applications, you must have the Android SDK installed on your computer.
• If you need to install it, please follow the instructions on: http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html
• Note that the Android SDK has its own dependencies and you might be required to install additional components.
• During this step you will be offered to install an Eclipse plug-in, the Android ADT. We highly recommend you install it, as it allows you to build and debug Java applications on the Eclipse IDE.

Android NDK

• The NDK allows you to implement all or part of your applications using native languages such as C and C++. If you haven’t installed this package yet, you can download and install it following the guidance on: http://developer.android.com/sdk/ndk
• For Windows hosts, in order to build the native libraries created by a version NDK older than r7 you will be required to also install  Cygwin 1.7 or newer. You can download it from: http://www.cygwin.com/

Installing DS-5 CE

The download and installation of DS-5 Community Edition is very simple and done directly on the Eclipse IDE. Follow the instructions below and watch the "How to install" video on our Videos section for guidance.

1. First, go to “Install New Software...” in the Help menu.

2. On the Install dialog, click on “Add...”, type http://tools.arm.com/eclipse in the location text box, and click OK.

3. Select ARM DS-5 Community Edition, as shown on the screenshot below, and click Next. Eclipse will compute the dependencies of the DS-5 CE plug-ins.

4. Depending on the Eclipse IDE package that you have installed, you can be asked to additionally install the CDT perspective and the RSE plug-in. If this is your case, click Next to install DS-5 prerequisite packages.

5. Next, make sure you read and understand the terms on license agreement from both ARM and the Eclipse Foundation. If you are OK with them, click on “I accept...” and then Finish. This will take a few minutes to complete, depending on your Internet connection speed.

6. When it finishes, restart your IDE.