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How to add restricted software to your build:
How to add restricted software to your build:


* merge the patches on our ''restricted'' branch,
* contact OLPC for the URL of the restricted software repository,
* edit the files and change $FIXME; contact OLPC for the URL of the repository,
* download the Adobe Flash plugins from the repository,
* merge the patches on our ''restricted'' branch, or download [http://dev.laptop.org/git/projects/olpc-os-builder/plain/restricted-2.ini?h=restricted restricted-2.ini] for XO-1.75, and [http://dev.laptop.org/git/projects/olpc-os-builder/plain/restricted-2.ini?h=restricted restricted-4.ini] for XO-4,
* edit the files and change the first $FIXME to the URL of the repository, and change the second $FIXME to the absolute path to the downloaded Adobe Flash plugins,
* add one of the files to the end of your .ini file, or use one of the files as second argument on the builder command line, for example;
* add one of the files to the end of your .ini file, or use one of the files as second argument on the builder command line, for example;
./osbuilder examples/olpc-os-14.1.0-xo4.ini restricted-4.ini
./osbuilder examples/olpc-os-14.1.0-xo4.ini restricted-4.ini

Revision as of 03:59, 4 February 2015

Restricted software has license conditions that prevent us from including it in published builds. These include an Adobe Flash plugin, GStreamer MP3 codecs, OpenGL ES 2.0, and vMeta hardware-accelerated codecs.

How to add

How to add restricted software to your build:

  • contact OLPC for the URL of the restricted software repository,
  • download the Adobe Flash plugins from the repository,
  • merge the patches on our restricted branch, or download restricted-2.ini for XO-1.75, and restricted-4.ini for XO-4,
  • edit the files and change the first $FIXME to the URL of the repository, and change the second $FIXME to the absolute path to the downloaded Adobe Flash plugins,
  • add one of the files to the end of your .ini file, or use one of the files as second argument on the builder command line, for example;
./osbuilder examples/olpc-os-14.1.0-xo4.ini restricted-4.ini

See Also

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