Re: Cross compiling without ./configure

[Galen Seitz]

mahmoodn wrote:
> Still I don't understand....:confused: I have gcc and g++ installed in my
> ubuntu (host machine). I have used them for my regular compilations in the
> host machine.

The compiler on your ubuntu system generates x86 code for a Linux 
environment.  To compile your program for a Solaris sparc target, you 
need a compiler that generates sparc code for a Solaris environment. 
The standard gcc on your Ubuntu system cannot generate sparc code.  If 
your Solaris system does not have a compiler, and you cannot install 
one, you will need a compiler that runs on your Ubuntu x86 system, but 
generates sparc code for Solaris.  This is what is called a 'cross 
compiler'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_compiler

You might get lucky and find that someone has built debian packages 
that have what you need, but I would be surprised.  Note that building 
a cross toolchain(compiler, linker, etc.) is a non-trivial exercise. 
I suspect that installing a compiler on the Solaris system will be the 
easiest solution.

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