Cross Compiling: Difference between revisions
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Quick example to cross compile a package: [[Cheatsheet#Cross-compile_packages]]. | Quick example to cross compile a package: [[Cheatsheet#Cross-compile_packages]]. | ||
== Cross-Compiling in nixpkgs | == Cross-Compiling a package in nixpkgs == | ||
Cross-compilation is well supported in nixpkgs since 18.09. | |||
The basic idea is to use <code>pkgsCross.platform</code> instead of <code>pkgs</code>: | The basic idea is to use <code>pkgsCross.platform</code> instead of <code>pkgs</code>: | ||
<syntaxHighlight lang=bash> | <syntaxHighlight lang=bash> | ||
nix build - | nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A pkgsCross.raspberryPi.openssl | ||
</syntaxHighlight> | </syntaxHighlight> | ||
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}; | }; | ||
in | in | ||
... | mkShell {} | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
Even shorter: | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | |||
let pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {}; in | |||
pkgs.pkgsCross.armv7l-hf-multiplatform.mkShell {} | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||