[PD] Compiling External for Linux

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

The library template is only set up to cross-compile for Android and
iOS.  My guess is that if you have a Ubuntu/armv7l cross-compiler setup
already, you could probably make it work just by setting the CC:

make CC="/path/to/your/armv7l/armeabi-gcc"

.hc

On 09/19/2012 03:12 PM, johnny zithers wrote:
> Awesome! Thanks so much hc.. successfully compiling externals on ubuntu
> now.
> I am wondering about the template.. there's probably no easy way for
> cross-compilation to be achieved, is there?
> Specifically I am looking to compile for armv7l.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>wrote:
>
>> I'll update the docs, this just means you don't have debhelper installed:
>>
>> dpkg-checkbuilddeps: Unmet build dependencies: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~)
>> dpkg-buildpackage: warning: Build dependencies/conflicts unsatisfied;
>> aborting.
>>
>>
>> So 'sudo apt-get install debhelper'
>>
>> .hc
>>
>> On 09/18/2012 07:25 PM, johnny zithers wrote:
>>> Wow, that's awesome, Thanks!
>>>
>>> I don't have time to get real into it today, but I did quickly try to
>>> debuild the template that I got from subversion.
>>> Maybe this was naive of me (I didn't change code or anything), but it
>> fails
>>> this way:
>>>
>>> calum at MrFabulous:~/Desktop/DM/beaglebone/template$ debuild -uc -us
>>>  dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -D -us -uc
>>> dpkg-buildpackage: set CFLAGS to default value: -g -O2
>>> dpkg-buildpackage: set CPPFLAGS to default value:
>>> dpkg-buildpackage: set LDFLAGS to default value: -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions
>>> dpkg-buildpackage: set FFLAGS to default value: -g -O2
>>> dpkg-buildpackage: set CXXFLAGS to default value: -g -O2
>>> dpkg-buildpackage: source package pd-template
>>> dpkg-buildpackage: source version 0.0-1
>>> dpkg-buildpackage: source changed by Hans-Christoph Steiner <
>> hans at eds.org>
>>> dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture i386
>>> dpkg-checkbuilddeps: Unmet build dependencies: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~)
>>> dpkg-buildpackage: warning: Build dependencies/conflicts unsatisfied;
>>> aborting.
>>> dpkg-buildpackage: warning: (Use -d flag to override.)
>>> debuild: fatal error at line 1340:
>>> dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -D -us -uc failed
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I updated the instructions to have a simple method:
>>>> https://puredata.info/docs/developer/DebianTemplate
>>>>
>>>> h/c
>>>>
>>>> On 09/18/2012 02:45 PM, johnny zithers wrote:
>>>>> Thanks! I got the template and adjusted as directed.
>>>>> I am trying to make an external for Ubuntu, so I am following the
>> debian
>>>>> instructions.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have hit a problem with using cowbuilder, however.
>>>>> Cowbuilder is installed, but when I run sudo cowbuilder --create I get
>>>> the
>>>>> error:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Package cowdancer is not available, but is referred to by another
>>>> package.
>>>>> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is
>> only
>>>>> available from another source
>>>>> E: Package cowdancer has no installation candidate.."
>>>>>
>>>>>
>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/174378/cowbuilder-create-distribution-lucid-fails
>>>>> That link recommends editing the /etc/pbuilderrc file, which is the
>>>>> cowbuilder config file.
>>>>> However, when I add the following line.. sudo cowbuilder --create just
>>>>> hangs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any help is appreciated ! Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Hans-Christoph Steiner <
>> hans at at.or.at
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Check out the LibraryTemplate, it includes a simple external written
>> in
>>>> C
>>>>>> and builds on many platforms:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://puredata.info/docs/developer/LibraryTemplate/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can download a tarball here:
>>>>>> https://puredata.info/downloads/template
>>>>>>
>>>>>> .hc
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 09/18/2012 01:01 PM, johnny zithers wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have been looking through all the online documentation I can find,
>> but
>>>>>> still unsuccessful at compiling simple external (hello world example).
>>>>>> I have looked through all the OSX/Windows docs to try and figure out
>>>> what
>>>>>> configuration my make file should have, but no luck.
>>>>>> Needless to say I'm a n00b to creating my own makefiles.. any help is
>>>>>> greatly appreciated!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> JZ
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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