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diff --git a/qtopia-dev/document.en.rest.txt b/qtopia-dev/document.en.rest.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 55d4231..0000000 --- a/qtopia-dev/document.en.rest.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,129 +0,0 @@ -Installing QTopia today -======================= - -If you have `GCC 2.95.x`_ installed -=================================== - -You can just follow the instruction from `this how-to`_, and all will be good. - -If you have a newer version -=========================== - -If for example you actually do C++ development, you can't use a GCC before 3.1, as it -would lack some fundamental components (stingstream, just to say one) and have several -quite big bugs. - -Here lies the problem: the packages suggested by `the afore-mentioned how-to`_ are -compiled using GCC 2.95.2, and since the ABI has changed radically, programs compiled -with GCC 3.x will not link against those qt-embedded libraries. - -So we just install GCC 2.95.2, right? **Wrong!** GCC 2.95.2 has a bug in the libio -library (basis for C++ streams) which makes it impossible to compile it against glibc -2.2 (and since you have an up-to-date GCC, I'm sure you'll have an up-to-date glibc, -too) (the type for file offsets has changed: from int to a struct containing two int, -to allow for 64 bit file positions). We need to use GCC 2.95.3, which contains a fix -for this problem (as far as I could see from the diff, it shouldn't support files -larger than 4GB, but since we are going to use to test programs intended for a Zaurus, -it's not such a limitation) (the ABI of .3 is the same as the .2 one) - -Now we don't want 2.95 to overwrite our 3: we want to install it in a separate -directory. This is accomplished passing the --prefix option to the configure script. - -Step-by-step instructions -------------------------- - -Ready-made packages -``````````````````` - -Download: - -* `gcc 2.95.2 cross compiler x86-arm`_ - -* `binutils 2.11.2 cross x86-arm`_ - -* `glibc 2.2.2 arm`_ - -* `header Linux 2.4.6 arm`_ - -* `QTopia 1.5.0 free edition, both x86 and arm`_ - -Install all of them (using rpm, as root). Two directories will be created: -/opt/Embedix with the arm toolchain, and /opt/Qtopia with libraries and programs to -compile both for x86 and arm. - -GCC -``` - -Download gcc-core-2.95.3.tar.gz and gcc-g++-2.95.3.tar.gz from a `GNU mirror`_. - -To compile (I assume you put the GCC tarballs in /tmp): - -* cd /tmp - -* tar zxvf gcc-core-2.95.3.tar.gz;tar zxvf gcc-g++-2.95.3.tar.gz - -* mkdir gcc-obj;cd gcc-obj - -* ../gcc-2.95.3/configure --prefix=/opt/Embedix/native --enable-shared - -* make bootstrap - -* make install (this should be done as root, unless you gave your normal user write - permissions on /opt/Embedix) - -It might be a bit strange to put a native compiler under /opt/Embedix, but it looked -convenient, to make it clear in which context it is used. - -Some script -``````````` - -A couple of scripts are very usefule to set up enviornment variables in the two cases: -native compilation (during development) and cross-compilation (at the end, to deploy -the program for the Zaurus). - -Get them from Sharp: `dev-x86-qpe`_ and `dev-arm-qpe`_. - -In dev-x86-qpe change the lines setting PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH with the following: - -:: - - PATH=$QTDIR/bin:$QPEDIR/bin:/opt/Embedix/tools/bin:/opt/Embedix/native/bin:${ORG_PATH} - LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$QTDIR/lib:/opt/Embedix/native/lib:${ORG_LD_LIBRARY_PATH} -.. - - - -In this way you'll get the GCC 2.95.3 we just compiled. - -.. _`dev-x86-qpe`: - http://docs.zaurus.com/downloads/dev-x86-qpe.sh - -.. _`binutils 2.11.2 cross x86-arm`: - http://docs.zaurus.com/downloads/binutils-cross-arm-2.11.2-0.i386.rpm - -.. _`gnu mirror`: - http://www.gnu.org/server/list-mirrors.html - -.. _`qtopia 1.5.0 free edition, both x86 and arm`: - http://docs.zaurus.com/downloads/qtopia-free-1.5.0-1.i386.rpm - -.. _`glibc 2.2.2 arm`: - http://docs.zaurus.com/downloads/glibc-arm-2.2.2-0.i386.rpm - -.. _`header linux 2.4.6 arm`: - http://docs.zaurus.com/downloads/linux-headers-arm-sa1100-2.4.6-3.i386.rpm - -.. _`the afore-mentioned how-to`: - http://docs.zaurus.com/linux_compiler_setup_howto.shtml - -.. _`this how-to`: - http://docs.zaurus.com/linux_compiler_setup_howto.shtml - -.. _`dev-arm-qpe`: - http://docs.zaurus.com/downloads/dev-arm-qpe.sh - -.. _`gcc 2.95.x`: - http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-2.95/ - -.. _`gcc 2.95.2 cross compiler x86-arm`: - http://docs.zaurus.com/downloads/gcc-cross-sa1100-2.95.2-0.i386.rpm |