C++ SDK Installation

Supported Operating Systems

OS Version
Linux Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise) and later
Mac

Mac OS X 10.7.1 Lion

Mac OS X 10.8.3 Mountain Lion
Windows

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3,

Microsoft Windows 7 and 8

Windows limitations

No C++ cross-compiler.
The C++ cross-compiler (used to compile code to be run on the robot) is not available on Windows.

Windows architecture: make sure to compile for 32-bit.
While both architectures (32-bit and 64-bit) are supported to run your favorite IDE, it is mandatory to compile exclusively for 32-bit. The resulting code will run as well on 32-bit or 64-bit environment.

Overview

Steps comment
A - Compiler and IDE Make sure you have the required tools.
B - Cross-platform build system
C - SDK Installation Follow step by step the installation guides
D - qiBuild Installation
E - Compile and run an example  

Requirements

A - Compiler and IDE

OS Compiler and IDE
Linux

GCC version 4.4 or higher and

a recent version of QtCreator.
Windows Visual Studio 2008 or Visual Studio 2010.
Mac

XCode, use the version corresponding to your Mac OS X (Snow Leopard or Lion), and

a recent version of QtCreator.

On Mac and Linux you can also use Eclipse if you are used to it.

B - Cross-platform build system

Additionally to the C++ SDK, you will have to install qiBuild, a tool designed to generate cross-platform projects using CMake.

CMake generates makefiles and workspaces for any operating system, making the project able to be compiled simply on Windows, Mac, Linux and NAOqi OS.

The table below lists the prerequisites to qiBuild installation.

Requirement Comments
CMake version 2.8.3 or higher

On Linux:

Use the cmake package provided by your distribution.

On Windows and Mac:
Python 2.7

On Windows:

To use scripts written in Python, you have to put in your PATH: C:\Python27 and c:\Python27\Scripts

C - SDK Installation

Step Action

Checking SDK prerequisites

Make sure you have installed one of the recommended compilers and IDE.

For further details, see A - Compiler and IDE.

Retrieving C++ SDK

Retrieve the C++ SDK archive:

  • naoqi-sdk-x.x.x-[OS].tar.gz or
  • naoqi-sdk-x.x.x-win32-[visualStudioversion].zip

You can download the latest release from Aldebaran Community Website: https://community.aldebaran-robotics.com/

Be careful to select the archive corresponding to your Operating System (Windows, Mac or Linux).

For Windows, choose win32-vs2008 if you are using Visual Studio 2008, or win32-vs2010 if you are using Visual Studio 2010.
Extract it on your machine (we’ll assume that the extracted folder is called naoqi-sdk).

Create an EMPTY folder where you want to store your C++ SDK (let’s call it /path/to/SDKfolder).

Open a Command Prompt and go to that folder.

Type this command in order to create a worktree.

$ qibuild init

Then copy your folder naoqi-sdk into your SDK folder. You should then have something like:

/path/to/SDKfolder/naoqi-sdk

D - qiBuild Installation

Step Action

Checking qiBuild prerequisites

Make sure you have installed CMake and Python.

For further details, see B - Cross-platform build system.

Installing qiBuild

Follow the Installation step of the: qiBuild documentation - Getting started, and only this step, then come back to this page.

Configuring qiBuild

Run:

$ qibuild config --wizard

You will be prompted to specify:

  • CMake path (if not automatically found),
  • CMake Generator and
  • the IDE you will use.

It is advised to use ‘Unix Makefiles’ on Linux and Mac, and ‘Visual Studio’ on Windows.

Note that you can still re-run the config wizard anytime you want.

Result: a file is generated in ~/.config/qi/qibuild.xml. It is shared by all the worktrees you will create.

E - Compile and run an example

Step Action

In your SDK folder, enter the subfolder doc/dev/cpp/examples using your Command Prompt.

$ cd /path/to/SDKfolder/naoqi-sdk/doc/dev/cpp/examples

For example, Windows users will do (for C++ SDK):

../../_images/helloworld_cpp_computer.png

Type this command in order to create a default toolchain using the feed from the C++ SDK:

$ qitoolchain create mytoolchain /path/to/SDKfolder/naoqi-sdk/toolchain.xml --default

Where mytoolchain is the name you want to give to this specific toolchain (you could have several).

Type these commands in order to configure and build the sayhelloworld project:

$ cd core/sayhelloworld
$ qibuild configure
$ qibuild make

You can now run the resulting binary from: sayhelloworld/build-mytoolchain/sdk/bin

Note

On Mac, you should set the environment variable DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH to sayhelloworld/build-mytoolchain/sdk/lib first.
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