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Native Client SDK |
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-This is the index of the ``sdk`` directory. |
+To build Native Client modules, you must download and install the Native |
+Client Software Development Kit (SDK). |
+ |
+The SDK includes the following: |
+ |
+support for multiple Pepper versions |
+ The SDK contains **bundles** that let you compile Native Client modules |
+ using different versions of the |
+ `Pepper API </overview.html#link_pepper>`_ |
+ (e.g., Pepper 30 or Pepper Canary). Review the |
+ :doc:`Release Notes <release-notes>` for a description of the new features |
+ included in each Pepper version to help you decide which bundle to |
+ use to develop your application. In general, Native Client modules |
+ compiled using a particular Pepper version will work in |
+ corresponding versions of Chrome and higher. For example, a module |
+ compiled using the Pepper 30 platform will work in Chrome 30 and |
+ higher. |
+ |
+update utility |
+ The ``naclsdk`` utility (``naclsdk.bat`` on Windows) lets you download new |
+ bundles that are available, as well as new versions of existing bundles. |
+ |
+toolchains |
+ Each platform includes three toolchains---one for Portable Native Client |
+ (PNaCl) applications, one for compiling architecture-specific Native |
+ Client applications with newlib, and a third native NaCl toolchain for |
+ compiling with glibc. Newlib and glibc are two different implementations |
+ of the C standard library. All toolchains contain Native Client-compatible |
+ versions of standard compilers, linkers, and other tools. |
+ See :doc:`this document </nacl-and-pnacl>` to help you choose the |
+ right toolchain. |
+ |
+examples |
+ Each example in the SDK includes C or C++ source files and header files |
+ illustrating how to use NaCl and Pepper, along with a Makefile to build |
+ the example using each of the toolchains. |
+ |
+tools |
+ The SDK includes a number of additional tools, which you can use for |
+ tasks such as validating Native Client modules and running modules |
+ from the command line. |
+ |
+To download and install the SDK, follow the instructions on the |
+:ref:`Download <download>` page. |