Cross compiling question intel and powerpc

[freddynerk]

Thanks for that.
I will give it a test tonight.

Tom

[freddynerk]

I have just tested your suggestions.

It comes up with a Fatal error: Can't find unit Forms used by PrinterDlgs

Any Ideas.

Tom

[freddynerk]

Still can't compile a powerpc version on my Intel Mac.

I have just
1. Built Lazarus with Powerpc as the Target CPU.
2. Deleted all *.ppu and *.o files in my project
3. Deleted the compiled version
4. Did a Build All

Result lipo - Info Theory
Non-fat file: Theory is architecture: i386

Bugger

Tom

[skalogryz]

please check the following:

open Environment->Files
check out compiler's path. It MUST BE fpc, not ppc386

[freddynerk]

Might be onto something.

When I selected from
/usr/local/bin/ppc386

to

/usr/local/bin/fpc I got an error

target OS=Error: ppcppc can't be executed
The system/ppu for this target could not be found.

I tried to find this on Finder but I am assuming that it in a hidden system folder.
I am new to the Mac so I don't know how to find it OR if is there.

Tom

[skalogryz]

open terminal and type command there:

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find /usr -iname ppc*

if you find no ppccrossppc or ppcppc files in "/usr/local/bin" dir, you need to create symbolic links for this, if you binaries located in another dir.
If there're no such binaries at all, you'd better install newer MacOSX fpc snapshot from here: http://www.hu.freepascal.org/lazarus/

[freddynerk]

I did find
/usr/local/lib/fpc/2.2.4/ppcrossppc with the find in terminal.

I then put in /usr/local/lib/fpc/2.2.4/fpc in the compiler path.
Still an error.

How do I set a symbolic link to this.

Tom

[skalogryz]

open terminal

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cd /usr/bin
sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/fpc/2.2.4/ppcrossppc

any ppcppc files found?

[freddynerk]

no non of them around.
Does this mean that I need to get a new version of fpc from the link you gave me.

[freddynerk]

do I need the powerpc binaries or the Intel version

[Jonas Maebe]

no non of them around.
Does this mean that I need to get a new version of fpc from the link you gave me.

Please install the official FPC 2.2.4 release from http://www.freepascal.org/download.var . That one does include the proper symbolic links.

Install the Mac OS X/i386 one, it includes a powerpc cross-compiler.

[freddynerk]

Gentlemen, I thank you very much.
With lipo it now says ppc

I can now test it on my clients PowerPC machine.

Thanks again

Tom

[Sylvain M]

please check the following:

open Environment->Files
check out compiler's path. It MUST BE fpc, not ppc386

Hello, sorry to start the conversation again, I couldn't work on my project for a month.

My project was compiling and working fine with ppc386, then I changed the Environment  / Files / Compiler path (for cross compiling), as you wrote, (/usr/local/bin/fpc instead of /usr/local/bin/ppc386) and I tried to build the source, and had an error message : "Can't find unit LResources used by RegisterDBF".

Do somebody have any idea where does that come from ?

[alter]

LCL must be separately compiled for each platform I guess. Such error can occur when you have for instance i386 Linux LCL compiled while it is required amd64 Linux compilation. Not to mention units for other systems