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| ==== Using the generated toolchain outside Buildroot |
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| You may want to compile, for your target, your own programs or other |
| software that are not packaged in Buildroot. In order to do this you |
| can use the toolchain that was generated by Buildroot. |
| |
| The toolchain generated by Buildroot is located by default in |
| +output/host/+. The simplest way to use it is to add |
| +output/host/bin/+ to your PATH environment variable and then to |
| use +ARCH-linux-gcc+, +ARCH-linux-objdump+, +ARCH-linux-ld+, etc. |
| |
| It is possible to relocate the toolchain, this allows to distribute |
| the toolchain to other developers to build applications for your |
| target. To achieve this: |
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| * run +make sdk+, which prepares the toolchain to be relocatable; |
| * tarball the contents of the +output/host+ directory; |
| * distribute the resulting tarball. |
| |
| Once the toolchain is installed to the new location, the user must run |
| the +relocate-sdk.sh+ script to make sure all paths are updated with |
| the new location. |
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