Author Archives: kaushikprajapati
Fedora to Ubuntu package mapping
Debian build Fedora fc4 build automake1.8 automake-1.9 libasound2-dev n/a libdv4-dev libdv4, libdv-0.104* libavcodec* ffmpeg* libxvidcore4-dev xvidcore* liblame-dev lame, lame-devel xlibs-dev n/a libvorbis-dev libvorbis* libogg-dev libogg* libtool libtool-1.5 liba52-0.7.4-dev a52* libtheora* libtheora* libpng12-dev libpng-1.2* libjpeg62-dev libjpeg-6* libtiff4-dev libtiff* libesd0-dev esound* libaudiofile-dev … Continue reading
libtinfo.so.5 Error in Ubuntu and solution for the same
When starting a demo, the following errors arises: ImportError:libtinfo.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Under Ubuntu, version 8.10, the entrypoints for libinfo are part of ncurses. The libtinfo.so functionality is built into the libncurses.so shared library. For software that expects the libtinfo.so object, … Continue reading
repo sync problems while downloading android source
I know many of us came across this problem but no one really bothered to bring it up to notice and provide solution in public. It’s good to share small things even . It saves some time. I guess the … Continue reading
A Hand out on How to do make menuconfig on android Kernel
A Hand out on How to do make menuconfig on android Kernel Kaushik Prajapati San Jose State University kaushikprajapati@gmail.com Introduction: This handout will guide you through how to do menuconfig on Android kernel for beagle board. As an example I … Continue reading
Native C programming – Hello World! for Android
Native C code development has two most important components. One is the source files and the second is the Makefile Android.mk. STEP 1. Go to the Android directory. cd beagledroid/external mkdir hello STEP 2: Make two files inside the hello … Continue reading
Keyboard and Mouse Issue- Android on beagleboard
Solution for Keyboard and Mouse problem Kaushikkumar Prajapati Contact: kaushikprajapati@gmail.com Prerequisites: 1) USB Hub Separately Powered 2) Keyboard and Mouse (In my case I use DELL keyboard and Mouse) 3) Properly formatted SD card Problem Statement: The problem with the … Continue reading
Android porting to beagle board
Android porting to beagle board using Ubuntu on your machine Kaushik Prajapati E-mail: kaushikprajapati@gmail.com STEP 1: Install the necessary software in order to compile and build the Android For Ubuntu Linux (32-bit x86) users: To set up your Linux development … Continue reading