merlin toolchain issue on Mac

[viwrtuser]

Hi:
I want to compiling merlin on Mac.
I set the environment by https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-me...ource-using-a-Debian-based-Linux-Distribution .

echo $PATH
/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/opt/devkitpro/devkitARM/bin:/opt/devkitpro/devkitPPC/bin:/opt/brcm/hndtools-mipsel-uclibc/bin

The toolchain does not work.
mipsel-uclibc-gcc ./hellowrold.c -o hello
-bash: /opt/brcm/hndtools-mipsel-uclibc/bin/mipsel-uclibc-gcc: cannot execute binary file.

I am runing macOS 10.12.1.
Sorry for my bad English.

 

[RMerlin]

Hi:
I want to compiling merlin on Mac.
I set the environment by https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-me...ource-using-a-Debian-based-Linux-Distribution .

echo $PATH
/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/opt/devkitpro/devkitARM/bin:/opt/devkitpro/devkitPPC/bin:/opt/brcm/hndtools-mipsel-uclibc/bin

The toolchain does not work.
mipsel-uclibc-gcc ./hellowrold.c -o hello
-bash: /opt/brcm/hndtools-mipsel-uclibc/bin/mipsel-uclibc-gcc: cannot execute binary file.

I am runing macOS 10.12.1.
Sorry for my bad English.

The toolchain is for Linux, it won't work on MacOS.

 

[viwrtuser]

The toolchain is for Linux, it won't work on MacOS.

Sorry, I am noob.
Does the Openwrt toolchain work for this？
Well,It will not work.

 

[mstombs]

Use a VM?

 

[RMerlin]

You need a Linux environment, there's no way around it. Use a virtual machine.

 

[sfx2000]

I want to compiling merlin on Mac.

I won't say it's impossible, but it would require much more effort to get working than it is worth...

VirtualBox is free, and grab the Ubuntu 14.04LTS here (the 32bit i386 version) - use that VM as a dedicated dev/build environment - One can get by with a smallish VM disk, I would suggest 40GB, but could go smaller...

rest is pretty straightforward with dependencies and all...

 

[viwrtuser]

I won't say it's impossible, but it would require much more effort to get working than it is worth...

VirtualBox is free, and grab the Ubuntu 14.04LTS here (the 32bit i386 version) - use that VM as a dedicated dev/build environment - One can get by with a smallish VM disk, I would suggest 40GB, but could go smaller...

rest is pretty straightforward with dependencies and all...

Thank you for your help.
Now i use VM to build.
I stuck error on this

ubuntu@ubuntu:~/Desktop/lighttpd1.4$ ./configure CC=OUTPUTFROMGREP --prefix=/opt --host=arm-linux
configure: WARNING: if you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host.
    If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... arm-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for arm-linux-strip... no
checking for strip... strip
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking how to create a ustar tar archive... gnutar
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking for arm-linux-gcc... OUTPUTFROMGREP
checking whether the C compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/home/ubuntu/Desktop/lighttpd1.4':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details

I use ubuntu 12.04 and I sure already installed depends

ubuntu@ubuntu:~/Desktop/lighttpd1.4$ echo $PATH
/usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/opt/brcm/hndtools-mipsel-linux/bin:/opt/brcm/hndtools-mipsel-uclibc/bin:/opt/brcm-arm/bin

More info:

 cc -v
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.6.real
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/i686-linux-gnu/4.6/lto-wrapper
Target: i686-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.6/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-4.6 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.6 --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-plugin --enable-objc-gc --enable-targets=all --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=i686-linux-gnu --host=i686-linux-gnu --target=i686-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5)

 

[sfx2000]

the paths and perms are very specific - see the recipe you mentioned in first post...

14.04LTS does build with some work, I haven't tried 12.04....

RMerlin's GIT has the toolchain already built, and the recipe includes the deps - but I would defer there to folks that are more in tune there.

 

[viwrtuser]

the paths and perms are very specific - see the recipe you mentioned in first post...

14.04LTS does build with some work, I haven't tried 12.04....

RMerlin's GIT has the toolchain already built, and the recipe includes the deps - but I would defer there to folks that are more in tune there.

I have tried 12.04 32bit and 16 64bit. stuck same error...

 

[sfx2000]

I have tried 12.04 32bit and 16 64bit. stuck same error...

14.04LTS 32bit...

 

[viwrtuser]

14.04LTS 32bit...

I am not a pro user, I do not think that cross-compilation requires a specific system.

 

[sfx2000]

I am not a pro user, I do not think that cross-compilation requires a specific system.

It's the dependencies and the tool chain...