I put up a step by step account of how I successfully used the toolchain here:
http://blogs.thehumanjourney.net/finds/entry/3 Not sure if it's helpful to folks, but it worked for me :) Joseph 2009/1/23 Trevanian <ad...@accg.de>: > > Hello, > > I am new to compiling applications for different architectures like ARMv4. > I'd like to compile the "BetaFTPd", a small and fast single-threaded FTP > deamon, for the Neo Freerunner. I have only compiled source code within my > x86 environment and am not familiar with the prerequesites for compiling > source code for different architectures. > I already took a look at the openmoko-wiki-page but I am still a little bit > confused. I read words like "Toolchain", ".bb-files", MokoMakeFile,... > > BetaFTPd has no further dependencies but libgcc1 and is very small (20KB). > So what do I need? As far as I understood it I have to get the Toolchain + > its needed prerequesites (following the instructions on the wiki->Toolchain) > and will then be able to compile my application. So no need for MokoMakeFile > or any .bb-file. Am I right or did I miss(interpret) something? > > Considering the ToolChain: I tried setting it up but I had problems with > using "opkg-target" as described in the wiki. There even is no binary called > like that after setting up the toolchain. > > I first installed all by the toolchain needed applications, libraries,.. (as > explained in the wiki) with apt-get and then used the following commands on > my System (Ubuntu 8.10) to set up the toolchain: > > bunzip2 openmoko-*-arm-linux-gnueabi-toolchain.tar.bz2 > gzip openmoko-*-arm-linux-gnueabi-toolchain.tar > fakeroot alien -d openmoko-*-arm-linux-gnueabi-toolchain.tar.gz > sudo dpkg -i openmoko_*-arm-linux-gnueabi-toolchain*.deb > . /usr/local/openmoko/arm/setup-env > export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/openmoko/arm/bin > > Thanks in advance, > Trev > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/Compiling-linux-applications-for-the-Freerunner-tp2204869p2204869.html > Sent from the Openmoko Devel mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > devel@lists.openmoko.org > https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/devel