OpenWRT Tool Chain on Windows for Omega

[Boken Lin]

We've tried to set up a compile environment under Windows with cygwin at one point, but it didn't work out because the system is case-insensitive. As a result, many scripts don't work under such a build environment. It's also the same problem under OSX if the filesystem is formatted in the case-insensitive mode.

[Kit Bishop]

@Boken-Lin Thanks for your reply - that was pretty well what I thought - I have hit similar issues in the past.
Currently in process of setting up a Debian5 VM to enable me to do what I want.

[Theodore Borromeo]

@Kit-Bishop If you set up docker on windows, you could try to use:
https://github.com/borromeotlhs/docker-onion-omega

Just get into the container and run 'make'. If it compiles the toolchain, it should work for your needs. However, I've yet to build the image completely from this Dockerfile. For me, due to firewall issues, I can only build the toolchain and the images fail when it tries to download needed tarballs

Details on the ENV variables you'll need to set are in the poorly formatted README file in that repo.

[Kit Bishop]

@Theodore-Borromeo Thanks for the link. Much appreciated. Will follow it up

[Kit Bishop]

This may be slightly off topic, but I am hoping someone can help me out.
In relation to various posts above, I have done the following:

• Created a VM running Debian 5 based largely on information from http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/buildvm - this all went well
• Proceeded with trying to set up the OpenWrt build system as in http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/buildroot.exigence this largely went OK up to a point

However, did have some issues I am unclear about:

• a. When executing the listed command:
  ./scripts/feeds install -a
  I get the message:
  Build dependency: Please install Git (git-core) >= 1.6.5
  Yet when I do:
  sudo apt-get upgrade git-core
  it tells me it is up to date

• When executing the command:
  make defconfig
  I get the same message regarding git-core dependency.

Does any one know what I should do. Thanks in advance

[Boken Lin]

@Kit-Bishop Debian 5 is from 2009, so it is extremely old. See if moving to Debian 6 would solve this issue. I typically use Ubuntu, which is usually much more up to date.

[Kit Bishop]

@Boken-Lin Thanks. Will give Debian 6 a try. I was going by the instructions in: http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/buildvm
Where it says:
To set up the development system, download Debian (here 5.0).
But Ive just noticed that page is actually quite old: dated: 2011/12/30

[Theodore Borromeo]

@Kit-Bishop So I still am failing on build, but I pushed a v0 tag to:
https://hub.docker.com/r/borromeotlhs/onion-omega

So if you login to docker from the command line and do:
docker pull borromeotlhs/onion-omega:v0

You should receive a container that is ready to have:
make

ran in it I'll be trying to build once more on my 2008 macbook pro

[Fred Blais]

I saw this tutorial the other day : https://giovanni.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/how-to-cross-compile-a-c-program-for-openwrt/
It should not be too hard to setup a cross compile environment on Linux

[Kit Bishop]

@Fred-Blais Thanks for the link. Always useful to have something that explains things simply and clearly Should be useful once I have the cross compile environment set up.

[Theodore Borromeo]

Seems to be progressing with my make call Currently at San Diego Intl Airport before my vacation to Maui to finish this up! I can't wait to 'docker commit' this thing and push it once and if it completes. . .

[Theodore Borromeo]

RAAAARRRRRRGGGGHH!!!!

[Lazar Demin]

@Theodore-Borromeo i know that feeling all too well...

[Kit Bishop]

@Boken-Lin Above, you suggested that I try to: See if moving to Debian 6 would solve this issue
On going to the Debian site to get a newer version, I noticed that the current stable version of Debian is 8.2.0

Do you think it would be safe to go straight to Debian 8.2.0 for setting up the OpenWRT tool chain?

[Theodore Borromeo]

@Lazar-Demin

Well, it seems that my compile went through. Apparently, you NEED internet while openwrt builds After reconnecting every 45 minutes at LAX, it seems to have finished!

https://hub.docker.com/r/borromeotlhs/onion-omega/tags/ @ tag: 'v1' should be the completely compiled toolchain

or:
FROM borromeotlhs/onion-omega:v1

in a Dockerfile. . . Good luck!

[Kit Bishop]

Finally had time to get back to this
Have now set up a more lightweight and up to date system on a VM - kubuntu 14.04
Have managed to proceed further following instructions in: https://github.com/OnionIoT/OpenWRT-Packages/wiki/Setting-Up-the-Cross-Compile-Environment
Got as far as Step 6a: make
This initially failed, but I tracked the problem down to not having texinfo
Resolved by using apt-get install texinfo

Perhaps this should be mentioned in the above referenced link?