FPC cannot find ppcx64
lazarus / 32-Linux

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tk · 2014-07-03 11:46

Hi,
again I messed up my FPC installation under 64-bit Linux, although
reinstall is easy I would like to know from where the FPC executable
takes the information which compiler will be called(currently I have
both ppc386 and ppcx64 in my usr/lib/fpc).

Now fpc writes:
Code: [Select]Error: ppc386 can't be executed, error message: Failed
to execute "ppc386", error code: 127
Code: [Select]root@tk-HP-ProBook-450-G0:/usr/share/fpcsrc/2.6.4# which
fpc
/usr/bin/fpc
root@tk-HP-ProBook-450-G0:/usr/share/fpcsrc/2.6.4# which ppc386
/usr/bin/ppc386
root@tk-HP-ProBook-450-G0:/usr/share/fpcsrc/2.6.4# which ppcx64
/usr/bin/ppcx64
root@tk-HP-ProBook-450-G0:/usr/share/fpcsrc/2.6.4# make
Makefile:197: *** The Makefile doesn't support target can't-executed,,
please run fpcmake first.  Stop.

tried:
Code: [Select]root@tk-HP-ProBook-450-G0:/usr/share/fpcsrc/2.6.4#
fpcmake -Tx86_64-linux -r -wthis generated makefiles but after
Code: [Select]root@tk-HP-ProBook-450-G0:/usr/share/fpcsrc/2.6.4# make
clean all CPU_TARGET=x86_64 OS_TARGET=linux

i get

Code: [Select]make[2]: Entering directory
`/usr/share/fpcsrc/2.6.4/compiler'
make OS_TARGET=be CPU_TARGET=ppc386 CROSSBINDIR= BINUTILSPREFIX=
CROSSCYCLEBOOTSTRAP=1 rtlclean rtl
make[3]: -iVSPTPSOTO: Command not found
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/share/fpcsrc/2.6.4/compiler'
Makefile:197: *** The Makefile doesn't support target ppc386-be,
please run fpcmake first.  Stop.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/share/fpcsrc/2.6.4/compiler'
make[2]: *** [cycle] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/share/fpcsrc/2.6.4/compiler'
make[1]: *** [compiler_cycle] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/share/fpcsrc/2.6.4'
make: *** [build-stamp.x86_64-linux] Error 2

Thanks a lot for help

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Blaazen · 2014-07-03 12:05

Hi,
QuoteI would like to know from where the FPC executable takes the
information which compiler will be called(currently I have both ppc386
and ppcx64 in my usr/lib/fpc).
I'm not sure. Maybe from /etc/fpc.cfg

Those files ppcx64 and ppc386 in /usr/local/bin are just symlinks to
compilers which is (usually) in /usr/local/lib/fpc/X.Y.Z/ppcx64 or
ppc386.
It's how you can switch between compilers (useful, because you need
2.6.4 to build 2.7.1).

You can also run directly
$ ppcx64 somefile.pas
or
$ ppc386 somefile.pas
instead of
$ fpc somefile.pas

At first check the symlinks and look if the path where it points is
valid.

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tk · 2014-07-03 12:31

Quote from: Blaazen on July 03, 2014, 02:05:33 pmI'm not sure. Maybe
from /etc/fpc.cfg

I think not because in this file there are already paths dependent to
target, like this one:
-Fu/usr/lib/fpc/$fpcversion/units/$fpctarget

Now I already corrected my FPC setup but this would be good to know.