I don't know. I've compiled Nodejs from source on the BBB and it does not take too long. A bit over an hour. My buddy here compiled Wireshark on the BBB though, and that took half a day or more. Plus we had to setup a USB hard drive as swap in order for it to succeed.
However, my thinking is this. My buddy spent several days trying to figure out how to cross compile Wireshark for armhf, and ultimately failed. By comparison, he setup a build system, on the BBB, then initially failed because of oom, then asked me what he could do. Where I suggested he setup a USB Hard drive as swap, and it worked. SO maybe 1.5-2 days total time investment. So the thinking is, you could spend a very long time attempting to setup a cross compile system for one thing or another( and yes they're all different ), but ultimately fail. *Or* you can set things up on the BBB, and let is run off in the corner for a day or two to do it's thing, and be done. Now, If you can find exact step instructions, or have a reasonably easy time setting a cross compile system for whatever. I say go for it. a Good guide already exists for compiling the kernel etc. And yes there are a few other decent guides for various other things too. But if all you need is a one time compile for somethign that does not exist, or needs to be recompiled for a specific feature . . . don't waste your life away trying to figure out how to cross compile a complex project yourself . . . life is too short. On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 5:17 PM, Adi Linden <[email protected]> wrote: > I am thinking that something with more RAM and some high speed disk > option, USB3 or SATA, would make sense. Compiling anything but the > smallest projects on a BBB or original Raspberry Pi is painfully slow. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
