[Xenomai-help] Ubuntu packages

["C Robinson" <starknight__@domain.hid>]

Hi,

I'm seeking some clarification on a few points.   The background is that I have some software I need to install which requires Xenomai on Ubuntu.   Being fairly recent on the Linux scene, following the installation guide for Xenomai has been something of a voyage of exploration, as yet unfinished - and somewhat more complicated as I'm doing this on a bootable usb key.

In any case, a colleague mentioned there was an easier way using the available packages in the Ubuntu repositories, i.e. the xenomai-runtime and associated packages.  It was implied that with a straight-forward 'aptitude install xenomai-runtime' and voila I have a RTOS ready to use.   Given the descriptions of these packages (and no mention of patching of the kernel for example), I don't think that this is their purpose, particularly when I tried downloading the xenomai examples where the second step is :

make XENO=<xenomai-installation-path> KSRC=<xenomai-kernel-source>

Could someone confirm (or refute) this suspicion (that the packages do not provide access to a RTOS) and perhaps explain the intended use of the xenomai packages available on the ubuntu repositories - I've not seen any detailed reference as to why one would download and install these packages (say, in addition to having already gone through the long process of kernel patching + compilation + user space setup).

Thanks for any assistance,
Charles