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Posted to commits@cordova.apache.org by st...@apache.org on 2013/12/10 19:47:06 UTC
[06/10] git commit: Document the new Ubuntu support
Document the new Ubuntu support
Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-cli/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-cli/commit/5c0b9152
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-cli/tree/5c0b9152
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-cli/diff/5c0b9152
Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: 5c0b9152943d1e03fd9a1681d95871625f422059
Parents: 374d856
Author: David Barth <da...@canonical.com>
Authored: Fri Dec 6 16:10:22 2013 +0100
Committer: Steven Gill <st...@gmail.com>
Committed: Tue Dec 10 10:44:31 2013 -0800
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README.md | 12 ++++++++++++
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-cli/blob/5c0b9152/README.md
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b40fe7f..16bea77 100644
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@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Check out the [Getting Started guides](http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/edge/gu
- Android
- BlackBerry 10
- iOS
+- Ubuntu
- Windows Phone 7 & 8
- Windows 8
@@ -77,6 +78,11 @@ Run the following commands:
Now the `cordova` and `plugman` in your path are the local git versions. Don't forget to keep them up to date!
+## Installing on Ubuntu
+
+ apt-get install cordova-cli
+
+
# Getting Started
`cordova-cli` has a single global `create` command that creates new cordova projects into a specified directory. Once you create a project, `cd` into it and you can execute a variety of project-level commands. Completely inspired by git's interface.
@@ -290,3 +296,9 @@ Amazon Fire OS does not include the ability to emulate. You are still able to us
- `prepare amazon-fireos`
- `compile amazon-fireos`
- `build amazon-fireos`
+
+## Ubuntu
+
+To produce a click package for a particular architecture it is necessary to run the cordova development environment on that architecture. In other words, to make a click package for an arhmf phone, the cordova toolchain needs to be installed and run on that same phone.
+
+A future release will let developers cross-compile armhf click packages directly from an x86 desktop.