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QNX® Software Development Platform 6.6: Installation Note—Linux Hosts

Date of this edition: Monday,  March  6,  2017

Target OS: This development platform produces software that's compatible with targets that are running the QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.6.

Host OS: You can install this package on Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 64-bit or Ubuntu Workstation 12.04 LTS 64-bit.

Note:
  • If you installed an alpha version of this software, uninstall it before installing the production version.
  • If you've already installed an evaluation version of QNX SDP 6.6, and you've purchased and received a commercial QNX license or you've received an evaluation extension license, see “Commercializing your evaluation software,” below.

This installation note contains the following:

Before you start

Before you install this software, please note the following:
  • QNX SDP includes the QNX Momentics Tool Suite, which you can use to develop applications to run on the QNX Neutrino RTOS on a separate target system.
  • We post CRC and MD5 checksums with the packages in the Download area on our website. If you download a DVD image or an installer from our website, make sure that its checksum matches that given on the website. On Unix-style OSs (e.g. QNX Neutrino, Linux), you can use the cksum utility to calculate the CRC checksum. Microsoft doesn't support such utilities on Windows, but they're available from third parties.
  • There are several QNX Development License streams that govern how QNX SDP can be used in different situations. The key on your license certificate will cause the appropriate license agreement to be displayed when you install QNX SDP; that development license governs your use of the product.

    Once you've installed QNX SDP, you'll find a copy of all the license agreements in base_dir/install/qnx-sdp/6.6, where base_dir is where you installed the software.

    For more information about licensing, visit the Licensing area of http://www.qnx.com, where you'll find details on our licensing model, types of licenses, etc., or email licensing@qnx.com.

  • QNX SDP 6.6 can coexist with QNX CAR 2.0, QNX Software Development Platform 6.5.0, 6.4.0, and 6.4.1, and QNX Momentics 6.3, but if you want QNX SDP 6.6 to replace an older version, you must uninstall the older versions and any updates to them before installing 6.6.
  • For information about new features and known issues in QNX SDP, see the release notes. For the most up-to-date version, go to our website (http://www.qnx.com), log in to your myQNX account, and then go to the Download area.
  • For information about using BSPs with QNX SDP 6.6, see the BSPs and Drivers project on Foundry27.
  • If you install QNX SDP using sudo, the shortcut link is created in root's home directory, not yours.
  • If you're running selinux (secure Linux), disable it before installing QNX SDP. Otherwise, after you've entered the license key and clicked Next, the installation will fail with this error: 
    java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no qnxlic in java.library.path
  • In order to run the installer and the IDE on Ubuntu 64-bit, you need to install the 32-bit libraries: 
    sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0:i386 libXtst6:i386 libcanberra-gtk-module:i386 \ 
gtk2-engines-murrine:i386 libdbus-glib-1-2:i386

    Answer yes to all the questions.

  • In order to run the IDE on Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit, you need to install some Java libraries: 
    sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0:i386 libpangox-1.0-0:i386 libpangoxft-1.0-0:i386 libidn11:i386 libglu1-mesa:i386 libxtst6:i386
  • In order to run the installer on Red Hat 6.4 64-bit, you need to install the 32-bit libraries: 
    yum install redhat-lsb.i686
  • In order to run the installer on Ubuntu 13.10, you need to install the following:
    • libXtst-dev
    • libXtst-dev:i386
    • libdbus-glib-1-2:i386
    • libcanberra-gtk-module:i386
    • gtk2-engines-murrine:i386
  • If you're installing QNX SDP 6.6 to coexist with an earlier version, the QNX license file must be writable by everyone. If the installer stops and warns you that this file isn't writable, you can make it so by typing: 
    chmod a+rw /etc/qnx/license/licenses

    If you aren't installing QNX SDP 6.6 to coexist with an earlier version, the license file is in base_directory/.qnx/license/licenses where base_directory is where you installed QNX SDP—and where you presumably have write permission.

System requirements

Host OS:
  • Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 64-bit
  • Ubuntu Workstation LTS 12.04 32- and 64-bit
Minimum Recommended
Processor Pentium III, 700 MHz Pentium 4, 2 GHz or more
RAM 256 MB 512 MB
Disk space 2.2 GB 3.1 GB
Monitor 1024×768 1280×1024

The System Profiler in the IDE requires a minimum color depth of 16 bits.

Installing QNX SDP

To install QNX SDP, do the following:
  1. Log in to your myQNX account on our website, and then go to the Download area.
  2. Download the QNX SDP package, qnx-sdp-6.6-nnnnnnnnnnnn.bin, where nnnnnnnnnnnn is a build number. The package is a .bin script.
  3. Verify that the checksum of the package matches the one given in the Download area.
  4. Run chmod to make the script executable. For example: 
    chmod a+x qnx-sdp-6.6-20141234567.bin
  5. Run the script at the system prompt. For example: 
    ./qnx-sdp-6.6-20141234567.bin
    Note:
    • On Ubuntu, you need cd to the directory where the installer is located and run it there, or specify the absolute path to the installer. (Ref# J393516)
    • If you see an error like this: 
      An internal LaunchAnywhere application error has occured and this application cannot proceed.

      followed by a stack trace, then InstallAnywhere may be having problems with the value of your PS1 environment variable. See http://kb.flexerasoftware.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalID=Q112941.

      Workaround: Set PS1 to $ when you run the installer. For example: 

      PS1='$' ./qnx-sdp-6.6-20141234567.bin
  6. Follow the instructions on your screen. We recommend you use the default location for the software, ~/qnx660.
    • If you install QNX SDP on a host with an existing installation of QNX SDP, the installer asks if you want to use the same QNX_CONFIGURATION directory:
      • If you choose “Yes”, QNX SDP licenses are written to the license file in the location identified by QNX_CONFIGURATION, and you'll be able to use the Configuration tool or the IDE to choose which version of QNX Neutrino you want to develop applications for.
        Note: If you use the same QNX_CONFIGURATION directory, don't uninstall the earlier version of QNX SDP because its uninstaller might delete this directory, and you'll lose the license file, configuration files, and binaries that are stored there. (Ref# 264895, J393519)
      • Choosing "No" causes the installer to use QNX SDP configuration settings. (Ref# 260840, J393849)
    • If QNX Software Systems has a contract with you to support server-based licenses (Automated License Management), you have a special license key that tells the software to enforce these licenses. In this case, the installer presents a panel where you can specify the hostname or IP address of the server, and the port on which the server is listening for connections. If you're using the default port, you can leave the port blank.

Unattended installation

After you've installed QNX SDP once, you can run the installer unattended on other machines:

  1. Run the installer in graphical mode to generate a response file: 
    ./installer-name –r path/installer-responses.txt
  2. Use the response file to do further installations in unattended mode: 
    ./installer-name –f path/installer-responses.txt –i silent

Setting up your environment

To set up the environment in a command shell, run: 

source base_directory/qnx660-env.sh

where base_directory is where you installed QNX SDP (see “Determining your base directory,” below). If you can't remember where you installed this product, search for qnx660-env.sh. This file is in the base directory.

Activating the tools

The QNX Momentics Tool Suite and certain related products require activation. If you don't activate the product within the specified timeframe, the product will cease to function until you activate it. No personal data is transferred during the activation process. If your license key indicates that you have a “named user” license, the activation requires that you provide an email address.

Note: On some distributions, the activation dialog doesn't appear automatically. (Ref# 68599, J237603)

Workaround: Set up the environment for command-line tools (see Setting up your environment), and then run the following command: 

${QNX_CONFIGURATION}/bin/qnxactivate -d ${QNX_CONFIGURATION}

Activating automatically

If your development host is connected to the Internet, you can activate QNX SDP automatically.

Activating manually

If your machine isn't connected to the Internet, you must activate your software manually from a machine that is, by doing the following:

  1. In the QNX SDP Activation dialog, click Activate Manually.

    The Manual Activation dialog appears with an activate-prompt key. This dialog has a button that you can use to save the activate-prompt key in a file, base_directory/.qnx/license/activate_prompt_key.txt. Using this file eliminates the need to retype the key, which can be error-prone.

  2. Transfer the activate-prompt key to the machine that's connected to the Internet.
  3. Go to our website, http://www.qnx.com/, log in to your myQNX account, and choose Manual Product Activation.
  4. Enter the activate-prompt key into the form that appears, and then click Generate Response Key. This will return an activate-response key.
  5. Copy the activate-response key and paste it in a file.
  6. Transfer the file into base_directory/.qnx/license/activate_response_key.txt on your QNX SDP development host.
  7. If you closed the QNX SDP Activation dialog, open it again by entering the following at a terminal prompt: 
    source base_directory/qnx660-env.sh
$QNX_CONFIGURATION/bin/qnxactivate -d $QNX_CONFIGURATION
  8. Choose Activate Manually, and use the Load Response from File button to load the activate-response key, and then click Activate.
If you choose not to activate at the time of installation, you can activate later by entering the following at a terminal prompt: 
source base_directory/qnx660-env.sh
$QNX_CONFIGURATION/bin/qnxactivate -d $QNX_CONFIGURATION

Commercializing your evaluation software

If you installed an evaluation copy of QNX SDP, and you've now received a commercial QNX license, do the following to add your commercial license:
  1. Type the following at a terminal prompt: 
    base_directory/install/qnx-sdp/6.6/addLicense.bin

    where base_directory is where you installed QNX SDP (see “Determining your base directory,” below).

  2. In the QNX SDP License Key Entry dialog, fill in the field with the license-key information.
  3. When you've finished entering the information, click Add to save the license-key information and configure your QNX SDP tools to use this file.
  4. After entering the license key, you'll be presented with the appropriate license agreement. You'll need to accept it in order to successfully add a license.

Uninstalling QNX SDP

Note: You should uninstall QNX products in the reverse order in which you installed them. To determine this order, set up your environment, and then use a command like this: 
ls -lt `find base_directory -name "*uninstall*"`

where base_directory is where you installed QNX SDP.

To uninstall QNX SDP, do the following:

  1. Go to a directory outside the base_dir directory (see “Determining your base directory,” below) and run the uninstaller: 
    base_dir/install/qnx-sdp/6.6/uninstaller
Note: If the uninstaller doesn't fully remove all the components, do the following:
  1. Delete the directory that you installed QNX SDP in.
  2. Delete any shortcuts to run-qde.sh. These could have been created in any directories that you selected during installation.
  3. Find and delete any occurrences of .com.zerog.registry.xml.

Determining your base directory

To determine the base directory for QNX SDP, open a command shell, set up your environment, and then use the qconfig command. For example: 

$ qconfig
QNX Installations 

  Installation Name: QNX Software Development Platform 6.6
            Version: 6.6.0
     Base Directory: /home/my_userid/qnx660
           QNX_HOST: /home/my_userid/qnx660/host/linux/x86
         QNX_TARGET: /home/my_userid/qnx660/target/qnx6

The base directory in this example is /home/my_userid/qnx660/, but it could be different on your machine, depending on where you installed QNX SDP.

If you can't remember where you installed this product, search for qnx660-env.sh, which you use to set up the environment. This file is in the base directory.

Getting started with the documentation

After you've installed QNX SDP, you'll find an extensive set of HTML documentation that you can read in the Integrated Development Environment's help system. To start the IDE, use this command: 

base_directory/run-qde.sh

where base_directory is where you installed the software.

The QNX Software Development Platform “roadmap” page contains links to the various HTML booksets that accompany the OS. See the Quickstart Guide for a short tutorial that will help you get started, and then refer to the other documents (System Architecture, Programmer's Guide, C Library Reference, Utilities Reference, and so on).

You can install and work with multiple versions of the QNX Neutrino RTOS. Whether you're using the command line or the IDE, you can choose which version of the OS to build programs for. For more information, see the IDE User's Guide or the QNX Neutrino Programmer's Guide.

Technical support

To obtain technical support for any QNX product, visit the Support area on our website (www.qnx.com). You'll find a wide range of support options, including community forums.