Cross compile from Ubuntu Desktop to Raspberry Pi 2

JanisK

Hey there!

I'm using:
PC: Ubuntu Desktop 16.04 (64-bit) with Qt Creator 5.8
Raspberry Pi 2: Raspbian Jessie Lite
My main goal - develop simple Qt application on my desktop PC and compile it for Raspberry Pi 2 which has 7" LCD connected.

I used this tutorial https://wiki.qt.io/RaspberryPi2EGLFS but instead of 5.6 I used 5.8 branch, so basically step 7 was "git clone git://code.qt.io/qt/qtbase.git -b 5.8" and in the end no errors appeared.
I then used this tutorial https://www.ics.com/blog/configuring-qt-creator-raspberry-pi starting from step 6 to create some test application. This application is compiling without any errors on my Ubuntu Desktop, but when I choose to build it for Raspberry Pi, I get this error on make action:
/home/janisk/raspi/sysroot/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libicui18n.so.52: undefined reference to `__cxa_throw_bad_array_new_length@CXXABI_1.3.8'

I found this topic https://forum.qt.io/topic/64086/libqt5core-so-undefined-reference-to-__cxa_throw_bad_array_new_length-cxxabi_1-3-8/6 with similar error, but I already have that -spec devices suggested in Build settings for Raspberry Pi: qmake /home/janisk/Qt/testing/widgettest/widgettest.pro -spec devices/linux-rasp-pi2-g++ && /usr/bin/make qmake_all

First question: do I need to point to 64-bit compiler and debugger on my Build&Run Raspberry Pi Kit? Or should it be 32-bit since Raspberry Pi is 32-bit?
Second question: what does that error mean in the first place?

jsulm

@JanisK It doesn't matter whether the compiler itself is 32bit or 64bit, it just needs to generate 32bit ARM binaries.
Regarding the error: looks like some library is missing.
Try:

ldd /home/janisk/raspi/sysroot/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libicui18n.so.52

JanisK

@jsulm - thanks for the reply.

I tried to run ldd /home/janisk/raspi/sysroot/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libicui18n.so.52 and got this:
not a dynamic executable

But I tried with version 5.7 instead of 5.8 (git clone git://code.qt.io/qt/qtbase.git -b 5.7) and then the rest commands from tutorial, and everything works in 5.7 with no problems.

peterlin82

I have the same problem too.

Qt Creator compile any example:
libicui18n.so.52: undefined reference to `__cxa_throw_bad_array_new_length@CXXABI_1.3.8'

Raspberry Pi2,2017-01-11-raspbian-jessie.zip,Qt 5.8.0

I don know how to solve it.

jsulm · Raspberry Pi2,2017-01-11-raspbian-jessie.zip,Qt 5.8.0

@peterlin82 Check the dependencies for libicui18n.so.52 using ldd, looks like a library is missing.

peterlin82

In Raspberry Pi 2
ldd /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libicui18n.so.52

linux-vdso.so.1 (0x7ee13000)
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libarmmem.so (0x76dc6000)
libicuuc.so.52 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libicuuc.so.52 (0x76c66000)
libicudata.so.52 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libicudata.so.52 (0x755e9000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libdl.so.2 (0x755d6000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++.so.6 (0x754fa000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libm.so.6 (0x7547f000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x75451000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc.so.6 (0x75310000)
/lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3 (0x54b69000)

Fifkie

Hey!

I have the same error when i try to compile qt 5.8 for raspberry pi 3.

i get the same results as @peterlin82 and @JanisK when trying the ldd /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libicui18n.so.52 on RPI 3 and on Ubuntu.

I'm not sure what to tell of it, don't get any obvious errors what i can see.

jsulm

@Fifkie @JanisK Not sure it will help: https://github.com/raspberrypi/tools/issues/41

Fifkie

@jsulm I can't really find anything usefull for me, but i might be missing something...

jayakody2000lk

I also got the same error when cross compile Qt samples for Raspberry Pi 3 on Ubuntu 16.04 (64-bit). I'm using Qt Creator 5.8.

I got this error on both Raspbian 1.1 and Ubuntu Mate 16.04.2.

hubaiz

I managed to cross compile Qt 5.8 for the Raspberry Pi 3 (latest Raspbian) with the xbomber tip from this post (at the end): https://github.com/raspberrypi/tools/issues/50
Was following the EGLFS guide ( https://wiki.qt.io/RaspberryPi2EGLFS ) on a Linux Mint 17.3 x64 virtual machine.
I used the linux-rasp-pi2-g++ device configuration and the arm-rpi-4.9.3-linux-gnueabihf toolchain.
Used the Qt 5.8 source tar.gz without the qtserialbus and qtwebengine

Fifkie

@hubaiz Looking promising!
I just wonder, the second script, is there anything else i need to change than the path to tools and sysroot when targeting qt5.8 and raspberry 3?

i changed the paths and ran the script in qtbase but got errors.

Running configuration tests...
Checking for valid makespec... 
+ cd /home/christian/raspi/qtbase/config.tests/common/verifyspec && /home/christian/raspi/qtbase/bin/qmake "CONFIG -= qt debug_and_release app_bundle lib_bundle" "CONFIG += shared console" "QMAKE_CFLAGS += --sysroot=/home/christian/raspi/sysroot" "QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += --sysroot=/home/christian/raspi/sysroot" "QMAKE_LFLAGS += --sysroot=/home/christian/raspi/sysroot" -early "CONFIG += cross_compile" /home/christian/raspi/qtbase/config.tests/common/verifyspec
+ cd /home/christian/raspi/qtbase/config.tests/common/verifyspec && MAKEFLAGS= /usr/bin/make clean && MAKEFLAGS= /usr/bin/make
> rm -f verifyspec.o
> rm -f *~ core *.core
> /home/christian/raspi/tools/arm-bcm2708/arm-rpi-4.9.3-linux-gnueabihf/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++ -c -pipe -marm -mfpu=vfp -mtune=arm1176jzf-s -march=armv6zk -mabi=aapcs-linux -mfloat-abi=hard --sysroot=/home/christian/raspi/sysroot --sysroot=/home/christian/raspi/sysroot -O2 -std=gnu++11 -Wall -W -fPIC  -I. -I/home/christian/raspi/qtbase/mkspecs/devices/linux-rasp-pi-g++ -o verifyspec.o verifyspec.cpp
> cp: cannot stat 'home/christian/raspi/sysroot/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/crt*': No such file or directory
> /home/christian/raspi/tools/arm-bcm2708/arm-rpi-4.9.3-linux-gnueabihf/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++ -Wl,-rpath-link,/home/christian/raspi/sysroot/opt/vc/lib -Wl,-rpath-link,/home/christian/raspi/sysroot/usr/lib/ -Wl,-rpath-link,/home/christian/raspi/sysroot/lib/ -mfloat-abi=hard --sysroot=/home/christian/raspi/sysroot --sysroot=/home/christian/raspi/sysroot -Wl,-O1 -o verifyspec verifyspec.o    
> cp: cannot stat 'home/christian/raspi/sysroot/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/crt*': No such file or directory
> /home/christian/raspi/tools/arm-bcm2708/arm-rpi-4.9.3-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.9.3/../../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find crt1.o: No such file or directory
> /home/christian/raspi/tools/arm-bcm2708/arm-rpi-4.9.3-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.9.3/../../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find crti.o: No such file or directory
> /home/christian/raspi/tools/arm-bcm2708/arm-rpi-4.9.3-linux-gnueabihf/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.9.3/../../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lm
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> Makefile:65: recipe for target 'verifyspec' failed
> make: *** [verifyspec] Error 1
Note: Also available for Linux: linux-clang linux-kcc linux-icc linux-cxx

ERROR: Cannot compile a minimal program. The toolchain or QMakeSpec is broken.

Got any idea whats wrong?

shymaxtic

@Fifkie Have you fix this error?

StoatPatronus

I ran into this a few weeks ago when upgrading from Qt 5.7 to 5.8 and following the wiki's instructions. I added -skip qtwebengine -no-icu when I ran ./configure because I don't need those features in my app and it worked fine after that.

Fifkie

@StoatPatronus Did you put it in the script? I get an error when i try to run it:

ERROR: Unknown command line option '-skip'.

Have tried to put in the beginning and in the end of the script, but i guess as long it doesn't know what it is that does not matter.

jsulm

@Fifkie Can you show your script?

Fifkie

@jsulm Sure!

It's this script:

#!/bin/sh
./configure -opengl es2 -device linux-rasp-pi-g++ -device-option CROSS_COMPILE=/home/marco/Qt/5.3/tools-master/arm-bcm2708/arm-rpi-4.9.3-linux-gnueabihf/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf- -sysroot /home/marco/Qt/5.3/sysroot -opensource -confirm-license -optimized-qmake -reduce-exports -release -make libs -prefix /usr/local/qt5pi -hostprefix /usr/local/qt5pi -v

With the "-skip qtwebengine -no-icu" added. I've tried right in the beginning after ./configure, in the end and after "-opensource". Neither worked.

805Badger

@Fifkie

I was having the same issue and reconfigured with just the -no-icu flag and everything worked fine (I use qtwebengine in my app) my config string is as follows...

./configure -release -opengl es2 -device linux-rasp-pi2-g++ -device-option CROSS_COMPILE=~/raspi/tools/arm-bcm2708/gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-raspbian-x64/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf- -sysroot ~/raspi/sysroot -opensource -confirm-license -prefix /usr/local/qt5pi -extprefix ~/raspi/qt5pi -no-icu -hostprefix ~/raspi/qt5 -v

StoatPatronus

@Fifkie Here's my command line, please replace the {{ stuff in brackets }} with the paths for your system:

./configure -release -opengl es2 -device linux-rasp-pi2-g++ -device-option CROSS_COMPILE={{pi_folder}}/tools/arm-bcm2708/gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-raspbian-x64/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf- -sysroot {{pi_folder}}/sysroot -opensource -confirm-license -skip qtwebengine -no-icu -make libs -prefix /usr/local/qt5pi -extprefix {{pi_folder}}/qt5pi -hostprefix {{pi_folder}}/qt5

One thing I noticed in the config string you posted is it looks like Qt 5.3 (/home/marco/Qt/5.3/...etc) which I haven't tried - I only tried with 5.8.

Fifkie

@StoatPatronus Now as i review the script i posted, i must have just copied that from the tut, not from the script i use because there are several things not matching. But I got Kukkimonsuta's tutorial working for me so i got it working now. For anyone else looking for a solution just follow the steps at https://github.com/Kukkimonsuta/rpi-buildqt . Only thing i had to change was with one of the scripts i got an error that it didn't have the permission to sync one folder from the RPI. So in the sync script i just added

--exclude 'vnc'

in the rsync under "== Copy /usr/lib =="
That's because it wouldn't sync the vnc-folder.