Documentation/devtools/maemo5
These tools are available in the official maemo 5 Fremantle tools repository at repository.maemo.org. Some of them may have already been available unofficially, but these versions are tested for functionality.
You can propose new tools by filing an enhancement request in Bugzilla.
Installation instructions are available below.
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Categories
The tools are arranged into different categories so that you can easily see what tools are available for specific kinds of tasks. The same tool can be present in multiple categories.
Code Analysis
doxygen | a source code documentation generator tool |
gtk-doc | an API documentation generator |
Debugging
gdb | GDB is the GNU debugger |
functracer | an allocation backtrace tool |
functracer-postproc | a post-processing tool for functracer output data |
latrace | display a program's dynamic library calls |
ltrace | a library call tracer |
maemo-debug-scripts | a set of scripts to help with debugging tasks |
sp-error-visualizer | displays log messages as banners |
sp-rich-core | a core dump data saver |
sp-startup-time | a library for calculating application startup times |
strace | a system call tracer |
syslog | a log message collecting service |
valgrind | a suite of tools for debugging and profiling programs |
x-debug-tools | a collection of X Window System debugging tools; xev, xwininfo, xprop, xlsatoms and xlsclients. |
Miscellaneous
less | a text file viewer/pager |
osso-xterm | a terminal emulator |
man-db | manual page infrastructure |
screen | provides access to detachable console sessions |
Editors
nano | a friendly text editor |
vi | a text editor |
Graphics
screenshot-tool | a command line utility to take screenshots |
xresponse | measures the time taken to update the screen after user action |
xresponse-visualize | scripts for visualizing xresponse logs |
Networking
iputils | a collection of TCP/IP related utilities |
netcat | a utility to read and write data across network connections |
tcpdump | a network traffic capturing utility |
traceroute | print the route packets take to a network host |
wget | a utility to non-interactively download files from the Web |
Performance
oprofile | a low overhead system wide profiler |
oprofileui | a user interface to oprofile |
sp-startup-time | a library for calculating application startup times |
sp-response-time | monitor UI response times |
valgrind | a suite of tools for debugging and profiling programs |
xresponse | measures the time taken to update the screen after user action |
xresponse-visualize | scripts for visualizing xresponse logs |
Resource Usage
functracer | an allocation backtrace tool |
functracer-postproc | a post-processing tool for functracer output data |
htop | an interactive process viewer |
sp-endurance | tools to collect system endurance related information |
sp-endurance-postproc | postprocessing scripts to parse and generate a report from endurance measurement data |
sp-memusage | a collection of memory usage monitoring tools and scripts |
sp-smaps-measure | utilities for taking snapshots of smaps memory information |
sp-smaps-visualize | utilities for analyzing smaps memory information |
sysstat | tools for collecting and reporting system activity information |
valgrind | a suite of tools for debugging and profiling programs |
xrestop | shows X clients' X resource usage |
Test Automation
check | a unit test framework for C |
sp-stress | tools to create artificial system load |
xnee | automate user actions under X11 |
xresponse | measures the time taken to update the screen after user action |
Wireless Tools
bluez-hcidump | a tool to monitor Bluetooth activity |
wireless-tools | tools for manipulating Linux Wireless Extensions |
Installation
These tools can be installed in the device by activating the Diablo tools repository in the Application manager. Developers can also install them to the device or in Scratchbox using the command line interface.
To activate the tools repository with the Application manager, create a new catalogue like this:
Catalogue name: | fremantle tools |
Web address: | http://repository.maemo.org |
Distribution: | fremantle/tools |
Components: | free non-free |
Disabled: | leave unchecked |
If you prefer to edit configuration files yourself instead of using the Application manager, add these lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list
# fremantle tools deb http://repository.maemo.org fremantle/tools free non-free # fremantle tools sources deb-src http://repository.maemo.org fremantle/tools free non-free
To install a binary package in Scratchbox:
$ fakeroot apt-get install <bin pkg name>
To install a binary package to the device (as root):
$ apt-get install <bin pkg name>
To install a source package in Scratchbox or to the device:
$ apt-get source <src pkg name>