From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mailout03.sul.t-online.com (mailout03.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.81]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 260376829F for ; Fri, 16 Sep 2005 09:42:58 +1000 (EST) To: "Russell McGuire" From: Wolfgang Denk Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:12:42 PDT." <20050915191243.GA52539@mail19d.g19.rapidsite.net> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 01:42:39 +0200 Sender: wd@denx.de Message-Id: <20050915234239.75CC6353B46@atlas.denx.de> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: Getting Perl on Embedded Linux PowerPC List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , In message <20050915191243.GA52539@mail19d.g19.rapidsite.net> you wrote: > > I was attempting to get some ATM Tools compiled into the embedded PowerPC, > and found I needed Perl installed on the target before I continue. You probably want to avoid his in an embedded system... > Has anyone had any luck getting any version of Perl 5 or higher installed > onto the file system. I am still running this over the NFS dev environment, > and plan to remove it before final production, so space is of no concern at > the moment. Sure. This is trivial. Perl configures and builds just fine, assuming you have enough time, memory and swap space. > Or perhaps a pre-compiled RPM that installs, that is built for PowerPC. No RPM, sorry. > I am using DENX Linux 2.4.25 at the moment, with pretty much the default > root file system that is provided. Just follow the standard instructions for configuring and building Perl (in native mode, of course). I did this several times before, without any problems. You have to be patient, though, It's a huge amount of code, and definitely takes a lot of time to compile. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd@denx.de Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes. -- Dr. Warren Jackson, Director, UTCS