Developing with Ubuntu Qt Creator ToolChain for Angstrom Beaglebone (Arm Cortex-a8)

blaroche

ok. all was fine for me. i'm using ubuntu (32 bit), same qt source and toolchain as you. so i prolly didn't explain as step that good.

source your toolchain env file:
source /usr/local/angstrom/arm/environment-setup
confirm arm binaries are in your PATH env. from any directory type:
arm-angstrom and hit tab a few times. auto complete should show you a bunch file files named arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-something
setup your mkspecs. delete everything in the following file:
/home/xenland/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/mkspecs/qws/linux-arm-gnueabi-g++/qmake.conf

copy in the following:
@#

qmake configuration for building with arm-none-linux-gnueabi-g++

include(../../common/linux.conf)
include(../../common/gcc-base-unix.conf)
include(../../common/g++-unix.conf)
include(../../common/qws.conf)

modifications to g++.conf

QMAKE_CC = arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-gcc
QMAKE_CXX = arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-g++
QMAKE_LINK = arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-g++
QMAKE_LINK_SHLIB = arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-g++

modifications to linux.conf

QMAKE_AR = arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-ar cqs
QMAKE_OBJCOPY = arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-objcopy
QMAKE_STRIP = arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-strip

load(qt_config)

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cd to /home/xenland/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/ and run the following command:
@./configure -v -opensource -confirm-license -xplatform qws/linux-arm-gnueabi-g++ -embedded arm -little-endian -host-big-endian -prefix /usr/local/beaglebone/qt4.8-arm -no-cups -no-accessibility -reduce-relocations -no-nas-sound -no-sm -no-nis -qt-libjpeg -qt-libpng -qt-zlib -no-sql-ibase -no-sql-mysql -no-sql-odbc -no-sql-psql -no-sql-sqlite -no-sql-sqlite2 -no-pch -no-dbus -no-glib -no-phonon -no-phonon-backend -no-webkit -no-multimedia -no-audio-backend -no-qt3support -nomake examples -nomake demos -nomake docs -nomake translations -no-qt3support -exceptions -no-fast

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i usually just copy the configure command into a file called config in the source directory, and chmod 755, and run the file ./config

hopefully you don't get any errors, and then you can run:
make
if you have a mutiple core cpu, you can run: make -j2, or make -j4 to speed things up.

then
sudo make install

JKSH

[quote author="blaroche" date="1350091911"]
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./configure ... -embedded arm -little-endian -host-big-endian ...
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[quote author="NuckNuck" date="1350093758"]
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qfilesystementry.o: file not recognized: File format not recognized
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[/quote]
...isn't x86_64 little-endian?

blaroche

[quote author="NuckNuck" date="1350093758"]

...isn't x86_64 little-endian?[/quote]
i've never tried on a 64bit machine, good suggestion, thank you.
try this configure.
but first, cleanup. run
make confclean

./configure -v -opensource -confirm-license -xplatform qws/linux-arm-gnueabi-g++ -embedded arm -little-endian -host-little-endian -prefix /usr/local/beaglebone/qt4.8-arm -no-cups -no-accessibility -reduce-relocations -no-nas-sound -no-sm -no-nis -qt-libjpeg -qt-libpng -qt-zlib -no-sql-ibase -no-sql-mysql -no-sql-odbc -no-sql-psql -no-sql-sqlite -no-sql-sqlite2 -no-pch -no-dbus -no-glib -no-phonon -no-phonon-backend -no-webkit -no-multimedia -no-audio-backend -no-qt3support -nomake examples -nomake demos -nomake docs -nomake translations -no-qt3support -exceptions -no-fast

NuckNuck

I did * make confclean* which make claimed it couldn't find any target file/config so i just did the ./configure above with the last post that includes the little-endian flag and now I recieve this error, Thanks again for the help I'm excited to get to BeagleBone programming

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root@000000000:~/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3# ./configure -v -opensource -confirm-license -xplatform qws/linux-arm-gnueabi-g++ -embedded arm -little-endian -host-big-endian -prefix /usr/local/beaglebone/qt4.8-arm -no-cups -no-accessibility -reduce-relocations -no-nas-sound -no-sm -no-nis -qt-libjpeg -qt-libpng -qt-zlib -no-sql-ibase -no-sql-mysql -no-sql-odbc -no-sql-psql -no-sql-sqlite -no-sql-sqlite2 -no-pch -no-dbus -no-glib -no-phonon -no-phonon-backend -no-webkit -no-multimedia -no-audio-backend -no-qt3support -nomake examples -nomake demos -nomake docs -nomake translations -no-qt3support -exceptions -no-fast
Determining system architecture... (Linux:3.2.0-32-generic:x86_64)
64-bit AMD 80x86 (x86_64)
'arm' is supported
'x86_64' is supported
System architecture: 'arm'
Host architecture: 'x86_64'

You have not explicitly asked to use pkg-config and are cross-compiling.
pkg-config will not be used to automatically query cflag/lib parameters for
dependencies

Symbol visibility control enabled.
Symbolic function binding enabled.

This is the Qt for Embedded Linux Open Source Edition.

You are licensed to use this software under the terms of
the Lesser GNU General Public License (LGPL) versions 2.1.
You are also licensed to use this software under the terms of
the GNU General Public License (GPL) versions 3.

You have already accepted the terms of the license.

Creating qmake. Please wait...
/usr/local/angstrom/arm/bin/arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-g++ -c -o option.o -pipe -m64 -DQMAKE_OPENSOURCE_EDITION -g -I. -Igenerators -Igenerators/unix -Igenerators/win32 -Igenerators/mac -Igenerators/symbian -Igenerators/integrity -I/home/xenland/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/include -I/home/xenland/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/include/QtCore -I/home/xenland/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/src/corelib/global -I/home/xenland/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/src/corelib/xml -I/home/xenland/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/tools/shared -DQT_NO_PCRE -DQT_BUILD_QMAKE -DQT_BOOTSTRAPPED -DQLIBRARYINFO_EPOCROOT -DQT_NO_TEXTCODEC -DQT_NO_UNICODETABLES -DQT_NO_COMPONENT -DQT_NO_STL -DQT_NO_COMPRESS -I/home/xenland/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/mkspecs/qws/linux-x86_64-g++ -DHAVE_QCONFIG_CPP -DQT_NO_THREAD -DQT_NO_QOBJECT -DQT_NO_GEOM_VARIANT -DQT_NO_DEPRECATED option.cpp
cc1plus: error: unrecognized command line option "-m64"
make: *** [option.o] Error 1
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JKSH

Hmm... Google suggests that the "-m64" is not supported by these cross-compilers. I don't have a 64-bit machine, so I'm not sure where that is being set.

Go to your Qt root folder and call this to find out:
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grep m64 *
@

You might be able to manually remove the flag and continue.

blaroche

hmm. lets go back and see if we can find a smaller configure that you can build on.

see where you get with this one:
@./configure -v -opensource -confirm-license -xplatform qws/linux-arm-gnueabi-g++ -embedded arm -little-endian -host-big-endian -prefix /usr/local/beaglebone/qt4.8-arm @

then maybe try this:
@./configure -v -opensource -confirm-license -xplatform qws/linux-arm-gnueabi-g++ -embedded arm -prefix /usr/local/beaglebone/qt4.8-arm @

i'm with JSKH, i've never cross compiled on 64 bit.

blaroche

another one to try...
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./configure -v -opensource -confirm-license -xplatform qws/linux-arm-gnueabi-g++ -embedded arm -little-endian -prefix /usr/local/beaglebone/qt4.8-arm
@

NuckNuck

[quote author="blaroche" date="1350134211"]hmm. lets go back and see if we can find a smaller configure that you can build on.

see where you get with this one:
@./configure -v -opensource -confirm-license -xplatform qws/linux-arm-gnueabi-g++ -embedded arm -little-endian -host-big-endian -prefix /usr/local/beaglebone/qt4.8-arm @
[/quote]

That first configure seems to have done the trick, This was the end result

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Qt is now configured for building. Just run 'make'.
Once everything is built, you must run 'make install'.
Qt will be installed into /usr/local/beaglebone/qt4.8-arm

To reconfigure, run 'make confclean' and 'configure'.
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So i ran make and recieved the following error

@make[1]: arm-none-linux-gnueabi-g++: Command not found
make[1]: *** [.obj/release-shared-emb-arm/qabstractanimation.o] Error 127
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/xenland/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/src/corelib'
make: *** [sub-corelib-make_default-ordered] Error 2@

Its odd that it says its trying to execute arm-none-linux-gnueabi-g++

blaroche

check your mkspecs again.
look at this file:
/home/xenland/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/mkspecs/qws/linux-arm-gnueabi-g++/qmake.conf

you should see stuff for:
arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-*
not
arm-none-linux-gnueabi-*

should look like the below:
@ #
# qmake configuration for building with arm-none-linux-gnueabi-g++
#

include(../../common/linux.conf)
include(../../common/gcc-base-unix.conf)
include(../../common/g++-unix.conf)
include(../../common/qws.conf)
 
# modifications to g++.conf
QMAKE_CC                = arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-gcc
QMAKE_CXX               = arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-g++
QMAKE_LINK              = arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-g++
QMAKE_LINK_SHLIB        = arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-g++
 
 
# modifications to linux.conf
QMAKE_AR                = arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-ar cqs
QMAKE_OBJCOPY           = arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-objcopy
QMAKE_STRIP             = arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-strip
 
load(qt_config)

@

NuckNuck

The conf file was saying the arm-none so I changed it to the one you provided and I get relativly the same error take a look:
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xenland@000000000:~/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3$ make
cd src/tools/bootstrap/ && make -f Makefile
make[1]: Entering directory /home/xenland/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/src/tools/bootstrap' make[1]: Nothing to be done for first'.
make[1]: Leaving directory /home/xenland/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/src/tools/bootstrap' cd src/tools/moc/ && make -f Makefile make[1]: Entering directory /home/xenland/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/src/tools/moc'
/home/xenland/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/bin/qmake -spec ../../../mkspecs/qws/linux-x86_64-g++ -o Makefile moc.pro
make[1]: Leaving directory /home/xenland/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/src/tools/moc' make[1]: Entering directory /home/xenland/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/src/tools/moc'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for first'. make[1]: Leaving directory /home/xenland/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/src/tools/moc'
cd src/tools/rcc/ && make -f Makefile
make[1]: Entering directory /home/xenland/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/src/tools/rcc' make[1]: Nothing to be done for first'.
make[1]: Leaving directory /home/xenland/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/src/tools/rcc' cd src/tools/uic/ && make -f Makefile make[1]: Entering directory /home/xenland/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/src/tools/uic'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for first'. make[1]: Leaving directory /home/xenland/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/src/tools/uic'
cd src/corelib/ && make -f Makefile
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/xenland/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.3/src/corelib'
arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-g++ -c -pipe -O2 -Wall -W -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -DQT_SHARED -DQT_BUILD_CORE_LIB -DQT_NO_USING_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_CAST_TO_ASCII -DQT_ASCII_CAST_WARNINGS -DQT3_SUPPORT -DQT_MOC_COMPAT -DQT_USE_QSTRINGBUILDER -DELF_INTERPRETER="/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2" -DHB_EXPORT=Q_CORE_EXPORT -DQT_NO_DEBUG -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -I../../mkspecs/qws/linux-arm-gnueabi-g++ -I. -I../../include -I../../include/QtCore -I.rcc/release-shared-emb-arm -Iglobal -I../3rdparty/zlib -I../3rdparty/harfbuzz/src -I../3rdparty/md5 -I../3rdparty/md4 -I.moc/release-shared-emb-arm -o .obj/release-shared-emb-arm/qabstractanimation.o animation/qabstractanimation.cpp
make[1]: arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-g++: Command not found
make[1]: *** [.obj/release-shared-emb-arm/qabstractanimation.o] Error 127
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blaroche

now looks like the toolchain binaries aren't found in your PATH var.
source the toolchain env file, type:
source /usr/local/angstrom/arm/environment-setup

then type:
arm-angstrom-linux and hit tab a few times and make sure it can find arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-g++

see if that gets you further.