The consensus is that Linux users trying to compile the avr toolchain should avoid crossdev like the plague.
There is a sticky at the top of the AVRfreaks.net GCC forum on compiling the toolchain for Ubuntu. I recommend following that set of scripts to see if it solves your problem. Best regards, Stu Bell DataPlay (DPHI, Inc.) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Sven Köhler > Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 8:14 AM > To: avr-libc-dev@nongnu.org > Subject: [avr-libc-dev] headers only / bootstrapping an avr toolchain > > Hi, > > at the moment, i'm trying to help the Gentoo developers to > find a way of bootstrapping an avr toolchain. > > Normally Gentoo's tool called "crossdev" would do the following: > - install binutils-avr > - install avr-libc-headers > - install avr-gcc > - install avr-libc > > But the status quo is, that the process fails because of an > unresolved circular dependency: > > - avr-libc needs avr-gcc > - avr-gcc needs avr-libc headers > > I'd need a way, to install avr-libc's headers only. I need to > bypass all checks for avr-gcc. I dream of doing something like: > > - ./configure --headers-only > - make all > - make install > > But avr-libc's current configure doesn't allow that to > happen. It always checks for avr-gcc, but of course it > doesn't find it. > > > Can you think of a way to enhance avr-libc with a "install > headers-only" > mode? > > If not, how is an avr toolchain supposed to be bootstrapped? > > > Regards, > Sven > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > AVR-libc-dev mailing list > AVR-libc-dev@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/avr-libc-dev > _______________________________________________ AVR-libc-dev mailing list AVR-libc-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/avr-libc-dev