YAATOBS - yet another arm toolchain build script

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Preface

I am to lazy to translate the german preface to english. Don't panik! You do not need this to build your toolchain. :-)

Let's start

First you have to download the following files: (Store all these file in the same directory!)

• the ZIP file with the GCC ARM toolchain build script: gcc_arm_toolchain_build_script_2009_03_14.zip
• binutils: http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils (.bz2 archive)
• gcc: http://gcc.gnu.org (.bz2 archive)
• newlib: http://sourceware.org/newlib (.gz archive)
• gdb: http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb (.bz2 archive)

Now you have to extract the file gcc_arm_toolchain_build_script_2009_03_14.zip in the same directory. After that the directory should contain the following files: (version numbers may be different)

• binutils-2.19.1.tar.bz2
• gcc-4.3.3.tar.bz2
• gcc_thumb_interwork_patch
• gdb-6.8.tar.bz2
• make_toolchain.sh
• newlib-1.17.0.tar.gz

You should adjust the version numbers in the script make_toolchain.sh. The version numbers are defined at the beginning of the file:

BINUTILS_VERSION=2.19.1
GCC_VERSION=4.3.3
NEWLIB_VERSION=1.17.0
GDB_VERSION=6.8
      

The last step is to open a shell, change to the directory and start the script:

./make_toolchain.sh
      

Sometimes during the build process you have to press a key to continue and the script will ask you for the root password. (This is needed for installation and compilation.)

Good luck!