Plugins¶
Currently, Kuksa IDE includes some plugins extending Eclipse Che’s functionality. Each plugin is explained in a sub-section below.
Remote Target¶
Remote Target plugin enables the user to Manage different development boards (i.e. Raspberry Pi 3). The image below shows the preferences view acccessible through Profile > Preferences > Remote Target Settings > Targets.
This plugin provides the following macros;
${remote.target.hostname}: Selected remote target’s hostname (IP)${remote.target.user}: Selected remote target’s user name
These macros are possible to be resolved once a Remote target is selected in Profile > Preferences > Remote Target Settings > Targets.
Yocto Support¶
Yocto Support plugin enables the user to manage different Yocto SDKs. The image below shows the preferences view acccessible through Profile > Preferences > Yocto Settings > Yocto SDK.
As part of the managing of the Yocto SDK, these are;
- Being downloaded and installed, when added.
- Being uninstalled, when deleted
For dowloading, installing, and uninstalling the Yocto SDK, a
CustomSilentCommandExecutor that executes command line
commands in the Workspace’s running machine.
Morevoer, the plugin provides the following macros
${yocto.sdk.env.path}: Path to the environement source file${yocto.sdk.path}: Path to the installation root directory
These macros can be only resolved when a Yocto SDK is selected through Profile > Preferences > Yocto Settings > Yocto SDK.
Additionally, this plugin provides a custom Eclipse Che command type, which gives an initial template for using some Yocto SDK’s plugin macros. This template is accessible as shown in the image below.
