Re: [Gumstix-users] C/C++ Compiler on Gumstix

[Philip B. <ph...@ba...>]

On 05/04/2010 10:39 AM, Mohamad Najib wrote:
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, but I think I found another solution. Wonder how I
> missed this after endless googling though...
>
> Steps required are noted
> http://www.mwgaa.com/blog/2010/01/17/how-to-install-gcc-on-the-gumstix-overo-without-using-open-embedded/
> here

For people finding this email by searching, please use "opkg install 
task-native-sdk". I do this all the time and it is much easier than 
installing the packages by hand. Unfortunately, I can't leave this 
comment on the blog entry because comments are disabled.

Philip

>
> Thanks for the help again
>
>
> Philip Balister wrote:
>>
>> On 05/03/2010 03:40 AM, Mohamad Najib wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I currently have an Overo Water with a Chestnut Expansion board, and as I
>>> couldn't setup a build environment, I am currently using a precompiled
>>> image
>>> that is dated on 27-04-2010. I also cannot install additional software
>>> packages directly on Gumstix with opkg, which means I have to download
>>> the
>>> packages from the Gumstix feeds (and for some, the Angstrom feeds),
>>> transfer
>>> them to Gumstix and opkg them when I next start the board
>>>
>>> I am currently trying to implement a Python program that depends on
>>> matplotlib. On the desktop image, even though Python is preinstalled, the
>>> lack of C/C++ compiler makes it impossible to build matplotlib.
>>
>> Install task-native-sdk.
>>
>> Philip
>>
>>>
>>> Then, I tried the palmtop image, and tried to rebuild Python directly on
>>> Gumstix (i.e tar the Python package, send it to Gumstix, boot up, untar
>>> and
>>> try to do the ./configure, make, make install thingy). But again, no
>>> C/C++
>>> compiler.
>>>
>>> I then hunt around the feeds and installed the following -
>>>
>>> gcc_4.3.3-r11.1.5_armv7a.ipk and it's symlink
>>> g++_4.3.3-r11.1.5_armv7a.ipk and it's symlink
>>>
>>> To install g++, I have to also install the following, which I got from
>>> the
>>> Angstrom feed -
>>>
>>> glibc-extra-nss_2.10.1-r0.5_armv7a.ipk
>>> libc6-dev_2.10.1-r0.5_armv7a.ipk
>>> libthread-db1_2.10.1-r0.5_armv7a.ipk
>>> libthread-db1_2.10.1-r0.5_armv7a.ipk
>>> libthread-db1_2.10.1-r0.5_armv7a.ipk (An upgrade - on the precompiled
>>> image
>>> it is 2.9, iirc)
>>>
>>> Trying to rebuild Python again, it fails on ./configure with the
>>> following
>>> error
>>>
>>> "don't have cc1 : evecvp : no such file or directory"
>>>
>>> A "ls -R | grep cc" on root directory ("cd /") gives me no indication of
>>> cc1. Therefore my questions -
>>>
>>> 1. Is there a way to install a C/C++ compiler on Gumstix?
>>> 2. Is it generally a better idea to actually compile your image yourself,
>>> if
>>> you want, say for example the full Python package (with distutils, pydoc
>>> and
>>> whatsnot), a compiler or anything else I don't know of (Qt for example)
>>> 3. Is it actually a better practice if, say, you want to install a
>>> program
>>> with the normal ./configure, make, make install, to actually build it
>>> with
>>> the build environment (bitbake) on your development machine first, then
>>> transfer the results to Gumstix? Even for Python extensions like
>>> matplotlib?
>>>
>>> Thank you for your time in reading and helping. And I would like to
>>> apologize for a lengthy description of my problem.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Mohamad Najib
>>>
>>> PS - after installing gcc and it's symlinks, gcc DOES points to
>>> arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-gcc.
>>>
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