Install the SDK on Windows XP

Chris — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:35:27 +0200

This article explains how to use the FOX Board SDK on Windows system using a VMware Virtual Machine running Linux

Unfortunately there isn't a version of FOX Board SDK that can runs on Windows. The easiest way to do that is to use a Virtual Machine like VMWare that can runs a Linux systems on your desktop. Fortunately VMWare release a free version of a player that can runs prebuilt images of ready to use operative systems.

From this page you can download a VMWare image with Linux Debian Sarge 3.1 and the complete FOX Board SDK already installed.

Installation steps

Download and install the free VMware Player for Windows from this link: VMware web site
Download this file: vm_foxsdk.zip

This file contains a prebuilt virtual machine image with Linux Debian Sarge 3.1 and the FOX Board SDK already installed and ready to use.

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