On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 2:36 PM, John Geddes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Monday, August 11, 2014 7:05:32 PM UTC+1, William Hermans wrote: >> >> Unfortunately, there seems to be no exact steps guide how to achieve this, >> and I honestly do not have the time to teach anyone "step-by-step" cross >> compiling. So, I recommend that you pick up a book on gcc toolchains, and >> start reading. It will take time to absorb this information, but it is >> something everyone must do to fully understand what they're doing. >> >> Once you do understand things more clearly, then perhaps you'll be able to >> google and read about cross compiler setups, and pick out bits, and pieces >> of information that will apply for your own situation. > > > I was beginning to come to the conclusion that the idea of a non-Linux > person "dipping in" to learn just enough to do the basics for C++ on BBB is > impossible.You have confirmed this - I appreciate your advice. > > There is great temptation to try and dip in - Derek Molloy's BBB/C++ video > seems to offer nice simple steps to do the basics, but then you hit > something that you need that he doesn't cover (CURL for example) and > immediately you are in very scary territory. Back to Arduino, (or at best, > bonescript), I fear.
Why can't you build it on the BBB? "cross-compiling" is just a self imposed headache no one really has to deal with.. Regards, -- Robert Nelson http://www.rcn-ee.com/ -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
