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

[Philip Balister]

On 01/08/2014 10:05 AM, Mike Looijmans wrote:
> 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).

The complete recipe is here:

https://github.com/balister/meta-sdr/blob/master/recipes-images/images/gnuradio-dev-image.bb

Note the inherit core-image at the bottom.

Philip

> 
> 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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