ESbox Project

ESbox 2nd Edition (final)

About ESbox

ESbox is an Eclipse Ganymede-based product that helps programmers to develop applications for Maemo platform using Scratchbox Apophis.

It supports C/C++ and Python programming languages with source editing, code completion, build, launch, debug, profiling, and packaging support.

ESbox may be used on all major platforms (Linux, Win32, Mac OS X). On non-Linux systems, you may use a virtual machine, or if you want, a remote Linux system, to host the Maemo SDK and Scratchbox. ESbox will transparently do all the work through that system for you.

Maemo 4.1 Diablo and 5.0 Fremantle SDKs are supported (older versions may work as well).

New Features

In ESbox 2nd Edition, you can:

Develop with for Scratchbox 1 and 2 in Maemo 5.0.x Fremantle SDK
Install ESbox from a full product archive, or install using Eclipse Update Sites
Run on latest Ubuntu Linux and Debian Linux hosts supported by Fremantle SDK
Run on Windows XP/Vista and Mac OS X Leopard (Intel) using VMware, VirtualBox, and QEMU virtual machines to host Maemo SDKs
Support multiple Scratchbox 1 installations
Install Scratchbox 1 platform and target from scratch
Import Debian projects from Maemo repositories
Support debug and optimized C/C++ project builds
Autoconfigure Python interpreter settings
Update the apt packages used in Scratchbox and device to work with your project
Easily connect to your N800, N810, or N900 Maemo device with predefined connections for USB, WLAN, and Bluetooth PC connectivity
Explore your device using the Remote System Explorer
Flash latest device images to your Maemo device
Generate skeleton Debian package structure
More easily generate and install Debian packages