[fpc-pascal] Cross compile from x86 to Pi

[Chris Moody]

On 08/15/2015 06:40 PM, Karoly Balogh (Charlie/SGR) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, 15 Aug 2015, Chris Moody wrote:
>
>> Is there a better guide on how to do this than:
>> http://wiki.freepascal.org/fpcup#Linux_ARM_cross_compiler ? specifically as far as this
>> sentence is concerned:
>>
>>   *  Linux/Unix build or install the relevant crossbinutils (Linux, unix)
> With Ubuntu/Debian:
> - apt-get install binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf
>
> The various binutils executables will be available then as
> arm-linux-gnueabihf-*, so you need to use parameter
> -XParm-linux-gnueabihf- when invoking the compiler.
>
> If you're using a different Linux distribution, look up a similar package
> in your distribution, most bigger distros provide cross-binutils packages
> these days for ARM.
>
> You can also build cross-binutils from source, but that's not FPC specific
> at all. Among many others, this GCC cross-howto explains how to build a
> cross binutils (see chapter 1):
>
> http://preshing.com/20141119/how-to-build-a-gcc-cross-compiler/
>
> But on the RPi, instead of TARGET=aarch64-linux one has to use
> TARGET=arm-linux-gnueabihf, if I'm correct.
>
> Charlie
>
Thanks for that Charlie, I now have that installed. Do I have to do the 
compile with fpc? or can I do it via Lazarus?