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| ===== Background ===== | ===== Background ===== | ||
| - | For several years Codesourcery (now Mentor Graphics) maintained and released the GCC for ARM compiler binaries, bundled with an easy to use installer, under the name //Codesourcery G++ Lite//. Unfortunately, their website now states that "Sourcery CodeBench Lite releases for ARM EABI, ARM GNU/Linux, ARM AARCH64-Linux, IA32/IA64 GNU/Linux and ELF are no longer available". | + | For several years Codesourcery (now Mentor Graphics) maintained and released the GCC for ARM compiler binaries, bundled with an easy to use installer, under the name Codesourcery G++ Lite. Unfortunately, their website now states that "Sourcery CodeBench Lite releases for ARM EABI, ARM GNU/Linux, ARM AARCH64-Linux, IA32/IA64 GNU/Linux and ELF are no longer available". |
| Fortunately, the ARM organization itself is actively maintaining and enhancing the GCC compiler for the ARM architecture. At regular intervals they release pre-built binaries of the toolchain under the name [[https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded|GCC ARM Embedded]]. | Fortunately, the ARM organization itself is actively maintaining and enhancing the GCC compiler for the ARM architecture. At regular intervals they release pre-built binaries of the toolchain under the name [[https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded|GCC ARM Embedded]]. | ||
| - | Several OpenBLT demo programs that target microcontrollers with an ARM core, make use of the //Codesourcery G++ Lite// toolchain. You can still find a download link to a working version of the toolchain on the page that describes the demo specifics. However, is it recommended to switch to the //GCC ARM Embedded// toolchain. | + | Several OpenBLT demo programs that target microcontrollers with an ARM core, make use of the Codesourcery G++ Lite toolchain. You can still find a download link to a working version of the toolchain on the page that describes the demo specifics. However, is it recommended to switch to the GCC ARM Embedded toolchain. |
| - | This page describes how to upgrade from the //Codesourcery G++ Lite// to the //GCC ARM Embedded// toolchain, to the point that you can build the OpenBLT demo programs without any further changes. | + | This page describes how to upgrade from the Codesourcery G++ Lite to the GCC ARM Embedded toolchain, to the point that you can build the OpenBLT demo programs without any further changes. |
| ===== Upgrade procedure ===== | ===== Upgrade procedure ===== | ||
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| ==== Step 3 - Download and install make and rm ==== | ==== Step 3 - Download and install make and rm ==== | ||
| - | The build environment of the OpenBLT demo programs, which are configured for //Codesourcery G++ Lite//, rely on the utilities GNU make and rm that automatically get installed with Codesourcery G++ Lite. Now that these utilities are no longer on your computer, they should be downloaded and installed again. | + | The build environment of the OpenBLT demo programs, which are configured for Codesourcery G++ Lite, rely on the utilities GNU make and rm that automatically get installed with Codesourcery G++ Lite. Now that these utilities are no longer on your computer, they should be downloaded and installed again. |
| Download the utilities by following thes link {{:manual:demos:gnu_build_tools_win32.zip|}}. Once download, unpack the zip-archive and copy all unpacked files to the //.\bin// directory of where GCC ARM Embedded was installed. It will be a directory similar to //C:\Program Files\GNU Tools ARM Embedded\5.3 2016q1\bin//. | Download the utilities by following thes link {{:manual:demos:gnu_build_tools_win32.zip|}}. Once download, unpack the zip-archive and copy all unpacked files to the //.\bin// directory of where GCC ARM Embedded was installed. It will be a directory similar to //C:\Program Files\GNU Tools ARM Embedded\5.3 2016q1\bin//. | ||
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