Momentum-Apps/packages

Package Generation

This directory creates a debian package of the stm32f1 or f4 CMSIS and StdPeriph libraries and headers. This is useful for a few reasons:

• You can use sudo dpkg -i to install a deb and avoid manually compiling and installing the library.
• You can place the deb on an apt repository, and make it trivially easy to set up a development environment on any Ubuntu or Debian machine---this is great for getting a whole team up and running quickly, or for throwaway environments such as CI builders and virtual machines.

Toolchain

You need the right GCC compiler, which is gcc-arm-none-eabi. Fortunately, if you're on Ubuntu, this is really easy to get from Launchpad, thanks to Terry Guo's PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-gcc-arm-embedded/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-embedded

Building the deb

You'll need a fpm, which is what actually produces the deb package from a folder of files. This comes from rubygems:

sudo apt-get install rubygems
gem install fpm

Apart from that, it's a regular build:

mkdir packages/build
cd packages/build
cmake .. -DSTM32_FAMILY=F4
make

Enjoy your deb!