The current linux os I'm using is in /dev/sda7, mounted as /(root). I've mounted /dev/sda2 in /media/sda2. Now trying to install gcc in /media/sda2/usr/bin. How can a compiler make code? How can a cross compile make code? I knew, compilers compiles code and generate object code. On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 4:45 PM, Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 9 January 2017 at 02:47, ssmtpmailtesting ssmtpmailtesting wrote: >> I'm on /dev/sda7. I want to install gcc with C++ support in /dev/sda2. >> >> 1. Is it possible to install gcc in /dev/sda2? > > This question doesn't really make sense. You don't install software > directly to a disk device, you mount the disk somewhere in your > filesystem and then install software to a directory in the filesystem. > >> 2. What are the dependencies to install gcc? Or which packages should >> I install there in /dev/sda2 before installing gcc? > > The dependencies are all documented (but have nothing to do with the > disk device you're using). > > https://gcc.gnu.org/install/prerequisites.html > > You should read the documentation on installation, and also > https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/InstallingGCC > >> 3. What is cross compiler? How can I install gcc as cross compiler? >> When do we need to install gcc as cross compiler? > > A cross compiler is one that generates code for a different processor > and/or OS from the system that runs the compiler. For example, you > could use a cross-compiler on an x86_64 system to generate code for a > an ARM system. > >> 4. Can someone explain the method of installing cross compiled gcc? > > It sounds like you don't need to. If you don't know what it is then > you probably don't need it. If you do need it then read the docs.
