gnupic: Re: [gnupic] [PIC] Mini Howto: Microchip tools under Linux with Wine
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Re: [gnupic] [PIC] Mini Howto: Microchip tools under Linux with Wine
From:
Christopher Bergeron ####@####.####
Date:
7 Sep 2005 05:06:36 +0100
Message-Id: <431E6713.9010204@bergeron.com>
Great info!!! Thanks!
Kind regards,
Chris Bergeron
Chen Xiao Fan wrote:
>Sorry for the cross posting but I think this may be
>useful to both lists.
>
>After installing gpasm/gpsim/sdcc CVS versions on my FC4 box
>(much easier than installation on Ubuntu three months ago), I
>think maybe it is also useful to install MPLAB with Wine on
>this FC4 box. Therefore I started the Wine installation yesterday
>evening. It is not as smooth as my Ubuntu installation but I think
>I made it finally.
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>Regards,
>Xiaofan
>
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>Xiaofan Chen
>R&D Engineer, Photoelectric Sensor Development
>Pepperl+Fuchs Singapore
>http://www.pepperl-fuchs.com
>Signals for the world of automation
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>1. Test System
>Dell 600M Notebook with FC4 installed.
>[mcuee@localhost wine]$ uname -a
>Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 #1 Thu Jun 2 22:55:56
>EDT 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
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>The same tests have been done on Ubuntu 5.04 (Debian based) AMD 64
>based desktop. The installation will take about 2 hours with a fast
>broadband connection (2Mbps Cable Modem here).
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>2. Installation of Wine rpms as root
>Three files are necessary. They can be downloaded from Wine-hq. From there,
>follow
>the links to get winetools and xdialog (needed by winetools).
>-rw-rw-r-- 1 mcuee mcuee 14321924 Sep 6 20:51
>wine-20050524-1fc3winehq.i686.rpm
>-rw-rw-r-- 1 mcuee mcuee 282244 Sep 6 20:50 winetools-2.1.2-jo.i386.rpm
>-rw-rw-r-- 1 mcuee mcuee 360778 Sep 6 20:51
>xdialog-2.1.2-1.1.fc3.rf.i386.rpm
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>For the Ubuntu systems, install the Ubuntu packages.
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>3. Configuration of Wine using winetools
>Basically followed exactly the sequences of winetools.
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>3.1 Base setup
>1) Launch winetools by running wt2 from BASH as a normal user.
>2) Create fake windows drive
>3) Install true type fonts (ARIAL32)
>arial32.exe download from the default Sourceforge site failed. I manually
>downloaded it from google search and put it to ~/winetools/fonts.
>3) Install DCOM 98
>4) Install MFC4 dll
>5) Install IE6, be patient of the long process
>This is one of the most critical step. Luckily I have no problems.
>6) optional printer installation (skipped)
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>3.2 more system softwares
>1) Windows installer
>This is another critical step to install MPLAB later.
>On FC4, It failed with a permission problem. I need to do the following to
>fix the problem.
>
>Change the ownership of /usr/lib/msiexece.exe.so to the current user
>by issuing the following command as root (my user id is mcuee):
>chown mcuee:mcuee msiexece.exe.so (chmod 777 does not work)
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>The retry again and it will be okay. You can change the ownership
>back after this.
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>There was no problem on Ubuntu with this last time.
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>2) Install VB5/VB6 runtime and VC6 runtime
>3) Install MDAC 2.8 and Jet 4.0 SP6
>4) Install MSXML4.0 SP2 (seems to be failed but does not cause problems)
>There was no problem on Ubuntu with this last time.
>
>5) Windows script host 5.6
>6) Common control 5.0
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>3.3 Optional true type fonts (not necessary, skipped)
>I install quite some fonts last time on Ubuntu. This time
>I do not have time and skip the installation.
>
>3.4 Optional tested software (not necessary, skipped)
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>I install quite some softwares last time on Ubuntu. This time
>I do not have time and skip the installation.
>
>To do: to recommend some more tested software
>
>4. Installation of MPLAB/MPLAB C18/MPLAB C30
>
>4.1 Download the following files from Microchip websites
>-rw-rw-r-- 1 mcuee mcuee 9631082 Sep 6 21:30 C30_v132.zip
>-rw-rw-r-- 1 mcuee mcuee 32576258 Sep 6 21:33 MP721_full.zip
>-rw-rw-r-- 1 mcuee mcuee 18600365 Sep 6 21:34 MPLAB-C18-Beta-v3_00b1.exe
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>I was using C30_v132, MPLAB 7.10/7.20 and MPLAB C18 2.4 student
>edition for my Ubuntu installation.
>
>4.2 Installation of MPLAB
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>4.2.1 Unzip the MPLAB zip archive and run setup (wine setup.exe) as
>normal user.
>
>4.2.2 Say no to all the hardware installation instructions in the end of
>the installation. The pickit1.dll will fail to register and all MPLAB
>related hardware will not work under Wine anyway.
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>4.2.3 MPLAB C18 3.0 beta
>Last time I was using the C18 2.40 student edition. The installation failed
>but I copied the installation from Windows partition and it will work.
>
>There is no problem with MPLAB C18 beta 3.0 installation this time on FC4.
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>4.2.4 MPLAB C30 1.32 installation
>There is no problem with MPLAB C30 installation.
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>5. Post install
>Set up the paths under Wine or put it do a batch file under the fake c:\
>To do: add more details
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>6. running MPLAB
>6.1) use wine
>6.2) use fake "dos" environment
>Type dos under BASH and you will go to a command prompt environment under
>dos.
>The go to MPLAB IDE directory and fire up MPLAB.
>
>To do: add more details
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>7. Status
>MPLAB IDE is not really very useful right now. MPLAB C18/C30/MPASM/MPASM30
>are fully functional.
>
>To do: add more details
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>8. Document history
>Version 0.10: Initial release by Xiaofan Chen
>(First name: Xiaofan Family name: Chen)
>Email: xiaofan AT sg dot pepperl-fuchs dot com
>Date: 07/09/2005
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>9. License
>GNU Free Documentation License
>To do: add more details
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>10. To do list:
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>1) To find a place to host this document, PICList is the first one.
>PIClist.com and Microchip Forum will be the next.
>2) To remove the bugs
>3) To add more things
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