Chapter 12 : Compile and Install BinUtils - Compiling a Cross-Toolchain

 Hi,

In this chapter, I would be discussing on how to compile the bin utils package

Note :

- Please check the version of the package when you compile and install, at the time of writing the package was at version 2.35

- You should be logged in as lfs user, when you perform the actions described here.

- Change directory to the sources folder (/mnt/lfs/sources)

- Please check http://linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter05/binutils-pass1.html for more details.

Use the following command to unpack the package...

$ tar -xvf binutils-2.35.tar.xz

The above command would unpack the package in a folder called binutils-2.35.

Once the command execution is completed, we have to change directory to that folder.

$ cd binutils-2.35

The linux from scratch suggest that we should be compiling the packages using a dedicated directory.

To compile binutils, let us create a directory called "build" inside binutils-2.35

$ mkdir build

Change directory to build directory

$ cd build

Paste the following command at the terminal to prepare binutils for compilation.

../configure --prefix=$LFS/tools   \

                 --with-sysroot=$LFS  \

                 --target=$LFS_TGT  \

                 --disable-nls              \

                 --disable-werror

Execute the following command at the prompt to compile the binutils

$ make

If the above command execution is successful then execute the following command to install binutils

$ make install

For detailed explanation on compiling binutils package, you can refer the link given below...

http://linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter05/binutils-pass1.html

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