Compiling GSTREAMER

[shanmugamsundar]

hi all,

      I am working in i.MX535 QSB board,  in that i am using the pre-built image of gstreamer for capturing and streaming the videos, i need to cross compile the source code of gstreamer, is there any procedure to compile, if it so can anyone help me with any document or websites.

Thanks,

shan

[arunkumar-arm]

Dear all,

Kindly help me, in one issue. I am new to this forum.

I want to cross compile GStreamer for ARM CortexA9 platform. I have tried it with peta-linux and yocto-sdk tool chains, but eachtime, its not compiled and give me the same error with both the tools chains.

I have given the following commands for configure:

sudo ./configure CC=/opt/poky/1.6.2/sysroots/x86_64-pokysdk-linux/usr/bin/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi-gcc CXX=/opt/poky/1.6.2/sysroots/x86_64-pokysdk-linux/usr/bin/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi-g++ --with-sysroot=/opt/poky/1.6.2/sysroots/ --host=arm --disable-loadsave --disable-tests --disable-examples ${CONFIGURE_FLAGS}

It configures as below:

Configuration

        Version                    : 0.10.36

        Source code location       : .

        Prefix                     : /usr/local/myCrossCompiled

        Compiler                   : /opt/poky/1.6.2/sysroots/x86_64-pokysdk-linux/usr/bin/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi-gcc -std=gnu99

        Package name               : GStreamer source release

        Package origin             : Unknown package origin

        Documentation (manuals)    : no

        Documentation (API)        : no

        Debug Logging              : yes

        Pipeline XML load/save     : no

        Command-line parser        : yes

        Option parsing in gst_init : yes

        Tracing subsystem          : yes

        Allocation tracing         : yes

        Plugin registry            : yes

        Plugin support           : yes

        Network support            : yes

        Unit testing support       : yes

        Debug                      : yes

        Profiling                  : no

        Building examples          : no

        Building test apps         : no

        Building tests that fail   : no

I get the following errors:

/opt/poky/1.6.2/sysroots/x86_64-pokysdk-linux/usr/libexec/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.8.2/ld: cannot find -lgobject-2.0

/opt/poky/1.6.2/sysroots/x86_64-pokysdk-linux/usr/libexec/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.8.2/ld: cannot find -lgthread-2.0

/opt/poky/1.6.2/sysroots/x86_64-pokysdk-linux/usr/libexec/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.8.2/ld: cannot find -lgmodule-2.0

/opt/poky/1.6.2/sysroots/x86_64-pokysdk-linux/usr/libexec/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/gcc/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/4.8.2/ld: cannot find -lglib-2.0

Kindly help me, how to resolve this error.

If I configure on X86 machine, it compiles well

Regards

Arun

[shanmugamsundar]

hi all,

i tried to cross compile the liboil-0.3.14 for the gstreamer it shows the following error, i don't know what to do, can any one help me to fix this error

Configure Command:

./configure --host=arm-none-linux-gnueabi --target=arm-none-linux-gnueabi PLATFORM=MX5X --enable-shared --prefix=/home/oviserver/shanmugam/testing_gst/liboil-0.3.14

Tool Chain i had used:

arm2007q1 toolchain

export PATH=$PATH:/opt/toolchains/2007q1/squashfs-root/bin/

ERROR:

/opt/toolchains/2007q1/squashfs-root/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/4.2.0/../../../../arm-none-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find -lglib-2.0

collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

make[3]: *** [uberopt] Error 1

make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/oviserver/shanmugam/testing_gst/liboil-0.3.14/examples/uberopt'

make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/oviserver/shanmugam/testing_gst/liboil-0.3.14/examples'

make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/oviserver/shanmugam/testing_gst/liboil-0.3.14'

make: *** [all] Error 2

Thanks,

shan

[OtavioSalvador]

Yes, another missing library.

I told you, it is easier using Yocto or LTIB.

[shanmugamsundar]

hi

when i tried to configure the gstreamer plugin [gst-fsl-plugin-2.0.3.orig] its not configuring it shows the following error, can any one tell me what is the error ? is it cofigure path error?

ERROR:

configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target

configure: WARNING: invalid host type: /home/oviserver/shanmugam/testing_gst/gst-fsl-plugin-2.0.3.orig/usr/lib/

checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c

checking whether build environment is sane... yes

checking for gawk... no

checking for mawk... mawk

checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes

checking for arm-none-linux-gnueabi-strip... arm-none-linux-gnueabi-strip

checking for generating Plugins for gcc... no

checking for arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc... arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc

checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out

checking whether the C compiler works... yes

checking whether we are cross compiling... yes

checking for suffix of executables...

checking for suffix of object files... o

checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes

checking whether arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc accepts -g... yes

checking for arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed

checking for style of include used by make... GNU

checking dependency style of arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc... gcc3

checking build system type... Invalid configuration `/home/oviserver/shanmugam/testing_gst/gst-fsl-plugin-2.0.3.orig/usr/lib/': machine `/home/oviserver/shanmugam/testing_gst/gst-fsl-plugin' not recognized

configure: error: /bin/sh ./config.sub /home/oviserver/shanmugam/testing_gst/gst-fsl-plugin-2.0.3.orig/usr/lib/ failed

Thanks

shan

[OtavioSalvador]

Hard to say what is wrong. Your toolchain use seems invalid but I cannot spot why from the error log only. You may need to check the --host --target options.

[shanmugamsundar]

hi

first i configure the [gst-fsl-plugin-2.0.3.orig] it shows the error

configure: error: you need gstreamer development packages installed !

And i configure the gst-plugin-base it shows

checking for LIBOIL... no

configure: error: liboil-0.3.14 or later is required

And i download the liboil-0.3.14.tar.gz and configure it no errors, when i give make command it shows the error

ERROR:

../liboil/.libs/liboil-0.3.so: undefined reference to `oil_cpu_detect_arch'

collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

make[3]: *** [build_prototypes] Error 1

make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/oviserver/shanmugam/testing_gst/liboil-0.3.14/liboil'

make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/oviserver/shanmugam/testing_gst/liboil-0.3.14/liboil'

make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/oviserver/shanmugam/testing_gst/liboil-0.3.14'

make: *** [all] Error 2

can you help me to fix this problem, i dont know what to do

Note:

  If i compile the liboil and then i can able to compile the whole source

Thanks

shan

[shanmugamsundar]

hi

     i want to use the gstreamer for an another arm platform so,if i get a procedure it would helps me a lot

Thanks,

shan

[OtavioSalvador]

Do you need to cross compile it to upgrade it or another reason?

In case you wish to upgrade it, I'd suggest you to use Yocto for it.

[shanmugamsundar]

hi OtavioSalvador,

                 i don't want to upgrade it, i need to customize it for the client requirement, is it possible with the freescale's IMX_MMCODECS_11.09

Thanks,

shan

[OtavioSalvador]

So it depends how used to LTIB you are. I always use Yocto for projects and customer projects so it'd be my choice but if you have an working solution based in LTIB stick to it.

[shanmugamsundar]

thanks, and do you know how to cross compile the gstreamer source, is there any special procedure, why i am asking was i haven't ever compiled the source

[OtavioSalvador]

Yes; but I advice you to use LTIB or Yocto to make it. The shortest route is to use a pre-build toolchain and just build those libraries but needs to be careful to have compatible ABI objects.

If you want, learm more about Yocto at http://www.yoctoproject.org