If the size of the program makes compiling the code on the device practical, then that would be my personally recommended place to compile it. But, cross compilation *should* work.
This is what I found: http://askubuntu.com/questions/250696/cross-compile-for-arm On Jul 15, 2013 5:20 AM, "John McAleely" <john.mcale...@canonical.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have some C/C++ code that (eventually) I want to run on an Ubuntu Touch > phone or tablet. > > This may be some sort of interim step before achieving Qt/QML nirvana, or > this may be a subsystem a Qt app will depend on (I'm doing some early > experimentation, and may yet be chasing the wrong ideas). > > I'm not (for the sake of this question) planning to build the Android > underpinnings, so one of my start points has been not to assume I have that > source tree available (I understand it may have some toolchains in it). Is > that wise? > > I believe I need a toolchain to compile this code, and I have (at least) > three options presented in chats/wikis/docs I've googled/assumed might work: > > (1) Compile on the device itself > (2) Install the Ubuntu SDK > (3) Install a cross-compilation toolchain on my (amd64) Ubuntu dev machine > > I can succeed at (1), by installing whatever defaults build-essential > requires. > > I'm not sure if (2) should succeed - it's not clear to me if the Ubuntu > SDK does or will recommend/install a c/c++ toolchain. The one I installed > today doesn't appear to. Will it at some point? Did I just not see the one > it did install? > > for (3), if I try: > > # apt-get install crossbuild-essential-armhf > > I get: > > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > or been moved out of Incoming. > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > The following packages have unmet dependencies. > crossbuild-essential-armhf : Depends: libc6-dev:armhf but it is not > installable > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. > > My initial troubleshooting (I'm definitely inexperienced in Ubuntu package > matters) hasn't turned up a way to proceed past that error yet. > > So, which is the most pragmatic way to proceed? I'm keen to get a cross > compilation toolchain working. Should I be? > > In the future, what will the options be to compile C/C++ for touch devices? > > Thanks! > > J > > -- > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-**phone<https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone> > Post to : > ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.**net<ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-**phone<https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone> > More help : > https://help.launchpad.net/**ListHelp<https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> >
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