[OE-core] What package installs a C compiler on my target?

[Mike Looijmans]

On 01/08/2014 02:50 PM, Philip Balister wrote:
> On 01/08/2014 08:24 AM, Mike Looijmans wrote:
>> Probably a silly question that has been asked a thousand times, but my
>> searches on Google only give me the answer to the wrong question (how to
>> build FOR the target, which I already know how to do).
>>
>> I want to run the C compiler on the board itself. That is, a GCC that
>> runs on the board and compiles (and links etc.) C code for that board.
>>
>> What package(s) do I need to build and install to accomplish this?
>
>  From one of my images:
>
>
> IMAGE_FEATURES += "splash ssh-server-openssh tools-sdk \
> tools-debug debug-tweaks \
> dev-pkgs dbg-pkgs \
> "
> looks like tools-sdk is the one you want. dev- and dbg- packages might
> also be helpful, but will make the image larger. Especially the debug ones.

$ bitbake tools-sdk
ERROR: Nothing PROVIDES 'tools-sdk'

So I guess it's a package that's provided in another layer (I have oe-core and 
most of meta-oe).

So far, the following set I've derived through trial and error seems to come 
close:

TARGET_COMPILER_TOOLS = "\
     binutils \
     binutils-symlinks \
     cpp \
     cpp-symlinks \
     g++ \
     g++-symlinks \
     gcc \
     gcc-symlinks \
     make \
     packagegroup-core-standalone-sdk-target \
"

This allows a basic "hello world" to compile on target in C and C++ code. Make 
wasn't really required, but it's very convenient to have...

I'm mostly surprised that there wasn't a packagegroup to contain this set.

It increased the image size to about 130MB, but in this particular case, that 
won't be a problem.

Anyway, thanks for the tips all. Guess this list may be useful to others...

Mike.


Met vriendelijke groet / kind regards,

Mike Looijmans

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