Re: cross compile mips on x86_64: pcre?

+++ Arjen Verweij [2014-08-06 17:59 +0200]:
>    Hi,
> 
>    I want to cross compile on AMD64 Debian Wheezy (7.6) to mips. The problem
>    is pcre. I can't find a suitable package on emdebian.

It's called 'libpcre3' (and 'libpcre3-dev' for the dev headers) in debian.

The source package is pcre3
 
>    Is there another way to obtain it?

apt-get install libpcre3
or
apt-get source pcre3
should do the trick.

I'm not clear what your cross-compiling issue is though? Is it getting the target library headers?

On a mulitarch (wheezy or later) system, I'd advise doing 
dpkg --add-architecture mips
apt-get update; apt-get install libpcre3-dev:mips

to get the headers for that architecture to build against

(and then use the script at https://github.com/dkogan/toolchains to build yourself a multiarch-aware cross-toolchain)

Wookey
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