Invest in a USB3 SSD for reasonable build I/O speed. Very helpful tip I got from Robert. On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 7:28 PM William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > -- 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.
