wxWidgets cross compiled from i386 Linux

Hi,

I’m trying to cross compile wxWidgets and then a wxWidget app from a 32bit linux mint virtual machine to a Beaglebone Black rev-c board.

Following the compilation instructions for wxWidgets, i 'configure’d the source code with --host=arm-linux-eabihf and that went off without a hitch. When I try and run ‘make’ however, the arm-linux-eabihf toolchain linker throws a bunch of errors:

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/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lgtk-x11-2.0
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lgdk-x11-2.0
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -latk-1.0
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lgio-2.0
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lpangoft2-1.0
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lpangocairo-1.0
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lcairo
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lpango-1.0
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lfontconfig
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lgobject-2.0
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lfreetype
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lgthread-2.0
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lglib-2.0
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lX11
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lSM
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lgtk-x11-2.0
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lgdk-x11-2.0
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -latk-1.0
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lgio-2.0
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lpangoft2-1.0
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lpangocairo-1.0
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lcairo
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lpango-1.0
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lfontconfig
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lgobject-2.0
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lglib-2.0
/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/…/…/…/…/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ld: cannot find -lfreetype

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Is there a workaround to this? I would really love to get some wxWidgets apps off the ground.

Thanks,
Sam

Well ‘you’ need to build every single library listed above.

Or, like I said a week ago on irc, just use the native libs on your BBB and build your application on the BBB.

Regards,