redquark-amiberry-rb/nbproject

NetBeans Project

This folder contains the project files to enable remote compiling and debugging of Amiberry. Currently tested on Windows version of the NetBeans IDE.

IDE Setup

• Download Netbeans C++ IDE from: https://netbeans.org/
• Download JDK from : http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads
• Update Netbeans Shortcut Target to the following provided default paths are used: "C:\Program Files\NetBeans 8.2\bin\netbeans64.exe" --jdkhome "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121"
• Launch NetBeans from the modified shortcut
• Open Project > Navigate to this folder on your local system
• Assumed your RPi has the hostname of retropie, if not, add a new C/C++ Build Host under the Services tab, entering Hostname/IP and username/password, leaving the rest as default

Pi Setup

• On the remote RaspberryPi
• Setup a script for executing gdb as root
  • sudo nano /home/pi/debug_script
  • Copy the following in to this new file:

#!/bin/bash
PROG=$(which gdb)
sudo $PROG "$@" 2>&1 /tmp/error.log

• Set new script as excutable
  • sudo chmod +x /home/pi/debug_script

Remote Debugging

Make sure the Debug profile is selected in NetBeans to ensure -g switch is enabled when compiling. If breakpoints don't hit when you expect them to do a make clean from NetBeans.