Hi, I'm trying to create a cross compiler from Linux-x86_64 to Linux-i386, to do this, I have installed the compiled version 2.4.0 from Ubuntu repositories, which is ppcx64, then got the compiler trunk version from svn.

To create the cross compiler, I'm following this guide: http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Cross_compiling#To_Linux

When I do "sudo make all CPU_TARGET=i386" I receive this message:

/usr/bin/fpc -Pi386 -XPi386-linux- -Xr -Fui386 -Fusystems -Fu../rtl -Fii386 -FEs Error: ppc386 can't be executed, error message: Failed to execute "ppc386", err7 make: *** [ppc386] Error 1

Which is correct, since I don't have ppc386 installed. How can I create it?, is it correct to just create a symlink from ppcx64?

Thanks in advance,
Leonardo M. Ramé
http://leonardorame.blogspot.com

I guess you are executing that command inside the fpc/compiler directory. You have to execute it in the top level fpc directory. And you don't need the "sudo" for the "make all", only for the "make install"

Jonas

Thanks Jonas, I went a step further.

Now, when I just do "fpc", to I got this:

Error: ppc386 can't be executed, error message: Failed to execute "ppc386", error code: 127

What can be causing this?

...but I found the new ppc386 in /usr/local/lib/fpc/2.5.1/ppc386, so I tried to compile a sample program, and got this:

...
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/usr/bin/ld: warning: link.res contains output sections; did you forget -T? /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libdl.so when searching for -ldl /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libdl.a when searching for -ldl /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib//libdl.so when searching for -ldl /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib//libdl.a when searching for -ldl /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ldl
Error: Error while linking
Fatal: There were 1 errors compiling module, stopping Fatal: Compilation aborted

Any hint?

Leonardo M. Ramé
http://leonardorame.blogspot.com

Create a symlink from /usr/local/bin/ppc386 to /usr/local/lib/fpc/2.5.1/ppc386. "fpc" searches for a compiler in the same directory as where its own binary is located. "make install" does not create/overwrite such symlinks, because that changes your default compiler.

Install 32 bit compatibility libraries on your Linux distribution. If they are unavailable: tough luck, I guess (unless you setup an complete i386 cross-compilation environment on your system, but that's not FPC specific in any way and I can't help with that).

Jonas

Thanks again Jonas, that worked ok!.

Leonardo M. Ramé
http://leonardorame.blogspot.com