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4=== Integration with Eclipse
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6While a part of the embedded Linux developers like classical text
7editors like Vim or Emacs, and command-line based interfaces, a number
8of other embedded Linux developers like richer graphical interfaces to
9do their development work. Eclipse being one of the most popular
10Integrated Development Environment, Buildroot integrates with Eclipse
11in order to ease the development work of Eclipse users.
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13Our integration with Eclipse simplifies the compilation, remote
14execution and remote debugging of applications and libraries that are
15built on top of a Buildroot system. It does not integrate the
16Buildroot configuration and build processes themselves with
17Eclipse. Therefore, the typical usage model of our Eclipse integration
18would be:
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20* Configure your Buildroot system with +make menuconfig+, +make
21  xconfig+ or any other configuration interface provided with
22  Buildroot.
23* Build your Buildroot system by running +make+.
24* Start Eclipse to develop, execute and debug your own custom
25  applications and libraries, that will rely on the libraries built
26  and installed by Buildroot.
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28The Buildroot Eclipse integration installation process and usage is
29described in detail at
30https://github.com/mbats/eclipse-buildroot-bundle/wiki.
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