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Installing GNUPro Toolkit 
The following documentation describes how to install your GNUPro Toolkit software on Unix and Win32 systems.
For information about rebuilding the tools for other target environments, see Rebuilding GNUPro Toolkit.

Installing on Unix systems from CD

Use the following procedures for full installation from CD for Unix systems. In the following procedure examples, the system prompt appears as '%'.
    1. Mount the CD.
      The procedures for mounting a CD depend on your system type. The following discussion details some examples of mount commands for each host.
Install displays messages about its activity, ending with the following output.

 

Installation information for Unix

Platform names

Your package contains a label that indicates the host (and target, if applicable) with which to configure the binaries. The specifications used for hosts and targets in the configure script are based on a three-part naming scheme, though the scheme is slightly different between hosts and targets.

Host names

Naming hosts shows the usage of canonical names for referring to the corresponding host platforms that Cygnus supports. For any questions about compatibility, contact Cygnus (see How to contact Cygnus).

Naming hosts

Canonical name
Platform 
alpha-dec-osf3.2C 
DEC Alpha Digital UNIX v3.2C
alpha-dec-osf4.0 
DEC Alpha Digital UNIX v4.0
hppa1.1-hp-hpux10 
HP 9000/700, HP-UX B.10.01
hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20 
HP 9000/700, HP-UX B.10.20
i386-cygwin32 
Windows NT-sp3/95-osr2
i386-pc-linux-gnu 
Intel PC, Linux RedHat 5.0
mips-sgi-irix5 
ffb
SGI Irix 5.3
mips-sgi-irix6 
SGI Irix 6.2
powerpc-ibm-aix4.1 
IBM PowerPC, AIX 4.1.4
powerpc-ibm-aix4.2 
IBM PowerPC, AIX 4.2.1
rs6000-ibm-aix4.1 
IBM PowerPC, AIX4.1.4
sparc-sun-solaris2.5 
SPARCstation, Solaris 2.5.1
sparc-sun-solaris2.6 
SPARCstation, Solaris 2.6
sparc-sun-sunos4.1 
SPARCstation, SunOS 4.1.4
 

Target names

The following documentation lists some of the more common targets supported by Cygnus, along with their output format. Not all targets have support on every host. See also Native configurations support and Embedded cross-configuration support for the matrices of the host/target combinations supported by Cygnus. Also, for more informaton on using particular tools and their targets, see Using GNU tools on embedded systems, Cross-development environment, and GNUPro Tools for Embedded Systems.
WARNING!
configure can represent a very large number of target name combinations of architecture, vendor, and object formats. Support is not possible for all combinations.

H8/300 processor name and output format

h8300-hms-coff 
COFF object code format
 

i960 processor names and output format

i960-coff 
MON960 monitor (COFF format)
i960-vxworks5.1 
VxWorks environment
i960-vxworks5.2 
VxWorks environment
 

M68K processor names and output formats

m68k-aout 
a.out object code format
m68k-coff 
COFF object code format
m68k-elf 
ELF object code format
m68k-vxworks5.1 
VxWorks environment
m68k-vxworks5.2 
VxWorks environment
 

MIPS processor names and output formats

mips-elf 
ELF object code format
mips64-elf 
ELF object code format
mips-ecoff 
ECOFF object code format
mips-elf 
ELF object code format
mips64vr5000-elf 
ELF object code format
mips-tx39-elf 
ELF object code format
 

SH processor name and output format

sh-hms-coff 
COFF object code format
 

SPARC processor names and output formats

sparc-elf 
ELF object code format
sparc-aout 
a.out object code format
sparclet-aout 
a.out object code format
sparclite-aout 
a.out object code format
sparclite-coff 
COFF object code format
sparc- ffb vxworks5.1 
VxWorks environment
 

x 86 processor names and output formats

i386-aout 
a.out object code format
i386-elf 
ELF object code format

config.guess scripts

config.guess is a shell script that attempts to deduce the host type from which it is called, using system commands like uname if they are available.
config.guess is remarkably adept at deciphering the proper configuration for your host; if you are building a tree to run on the same host on which you're building, we recommend not specifying the hosttype argument.
config.guess is called by configure; you need never run it by hand, unless you're curious about the output.

Links for easy access and updating

   

Running the programs

Setting PATH

gcc paths

Installing on Win 95/NT systems from CD

All releases of GNUPro Toolkit for Win95/NT systems use the following CD installation procedure.
    1. Mount the CD.
      Insert CD into CD-ROM drive. The Cygnus installation will start; if it doesn't, open the CD in the Windows Explorer and open Setup.exe.
    2. Determine where to install the tools.

Rebuilding GNUPro Toolkit

To rebuild, see Rebuilding from Source in the GNUPro Advanced Topics documentation.
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