Re: Getting Perl on Embedded Linux PowerPC

In message [ref] you wrote:

I was attempting to get some ATM Tools compiled into the embedded PowerPC,
and found I needed Perl installed on the target before I continue.

You probably want to avoid his in an embedded system...

Has anyone had any luck getting any version of Perl 5 or higher installed
onto the file system. I am still running this over the NFS dev environment,
and plan to remove it before final production, so space is of no concern at
the moment.  

Sure. This is trivial. Perl configures and builds just fine, assuming
you have enough time, memory and swap space.

Or perhaps a pre-compiled RPM that installs, that is built for PowerPC.

No RPM, sorry.

I am using DENX Linux 2.4.25 at the moment, with pretty much the default
root file system that is provided.

Just follow the standard instructions for  configuring  and  building
Perl  (in  native  mode, of course). I did this several times before,
without any problems. You have to be patient,  though,  It's  a  huge
amount of code, and definitely takes a lot of time to compile.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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