On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 04:53:38PM -0500, Chien-Lung Wu wrote: > from ftp://oss.sgi.com/pub/linux/mips The Linux/MIPS project has moved to (guess ...) linux-mips.org. oss still contains a mirror of ftp.linux-mips.org but it's only updated manually in irregular intervals. > When I use rpm comand to install binutils and egcs, they work fine. > rpm -i binutils-mips-linux-2.8.1-1-i386.rpm > rpm -i egcs-mips-linux-1.0.3a-2.i386.rpm > > However, as I intsall the glibc with the rpm command: > rpm -i glibc-2.1.95.1.mips.rpm > > I got a confliction with glibc-common-2.2.4-13, since my native glibc is > 2.2.4-13. Thus I cannot install glibc. > > Can anybody show me how to install the cross-compiler correctly? (what is > the correct rpm command?) Rpm just saved your system. If you're installing this MIPS glibc into a crosscompiler machine as it seems then keep your CDROM at hand for reinstallation. You will need it ... > More questions: > If I have native glibc, can I install another glibc for cross-compiler? Sure, they have nothing in common. > Can I install the binutils-mips-linux-2.8.1-1 to a specific path? How? > ( when I install them with rpm -i command, the executable files will go to > /usr/bin as default. Can I change that?) Only very few packages support that; these packages don't. You will not be able to build a kernel with binutils 2.8.x or egcs 1.0.x. The absolute minimum required to build a kernel is egcs 1.1.2 and binutils 2.13.1 which you can download from ftp.linux-mips.org. Cross- compiling a kernel does not require the installation of a MIPS glibc on the crosscompilation host. If you're going to crosscompile application software you'll need a much more recent gcc even. Ralf
