Issues wiith libssh cross-compilation for ARM - zlib

I am trying to cross compile libssh for ARM on a beaglebone black, following error happens when I run then 'make' command:
[ 52%] Linking CXX executable libsshpp_noexcept
../src/libssh.so.4.5.1: undefined reference to `deflateInit_'
I already run the cmake command with paths for libz and other arm gcc compiler paths, still facing the above error.

I was able to resolve this issue by rebuilding the correct arm version of zlib and re-installing it. Also using the ccmake GUI utility I removed the examples compilation which was creating other examples related errors. The correct installation of libssh requires, openssl, zlib, libzip all compiled for the same target arch as libssh.

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Run valgrind on cross compiled executable

I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 VM and trying to find a way to valgrind check an arm-Linux executable. I've tried compiling with local gcc but ran into some problems. The executable is created by Makefile provided from project. I've tried linaro emulator, following guides online, but faced multiple issues which for each one I've searched on online for solutions but all failed. What are the ways I can valgrind?
As long as I can check program for memory leak, any way is fine.
What I get when I valgrind executable now:
valgrind: failed to start tool 'memcheck' for platform 'arm-linux': No such file or directory
The file it self is fyi:
nrf52832_xxaa.out: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, EABI5 version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, with debug_info, not stripped
I've searched through multiple posts for solutions but couldn't find any.
Cross compile valgrind, and execute on the target. There are no other ways. Can't even use qemu to execute valgrind.
It is mandatory to run the executable on the device.
Please consider the option to download the precompiled package for your arch example from https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=valgrind, follow the mandatory dependencies, and install all on you embedded device. I use to base the version according to the installed version of libc.

How to cross compile GSL library for arm-none-eabi-gcc?

I need to use the GSL library in my program on LPCXpresso 4367(ARM CORTEX M4). I tried to follow the library linking procedure for LPC xpresso but the MCU linker is giving me these errors:
MCUXpressoIDE_10.3.0_2200\workspace\test1\Debug/../src/test1.c:53: undefined reference to 'gsl_linalg_LU_decomp'
MCUXpressoIDE_10.3.0_2200\workspace\test1\Debug/../src/test1.c:56: undefined reference to 'gsl_matrix_alloc'
MCUXpressoIDE_10.3.0_2200\workspace\test1\Debug/../src/test1.c:57: undefined reference to 'gsl_linalg_LU_invert'
and so on for other functions as well.
I have the libgsl.a and libgslcblas.a precompiled libraries for windows which works perfectly on codeblocks on windows with GCC compiler.
I read that I need to crosscompile library for the arm-none-eabi-gcc toolchain. But can someone please provide me the procedure as well?
the libgsl.a and libgslcblas.a precompiled libraries for windows
Those won't do for ARM.
In order to work on another platform, these libs need to be compiled from source code with the proper compiler (and settings - Cortex-M4F requires Thumb2 instruction set).
As the libraries are precompiled for Windows they don't work for ARM (as it is said in the other answer)
You need to cross compile the libraries first. If you install the GSL libraries following this procedure, you only need to change the parameters in the ./config according to your platform, for example I used:
./config --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --prefix=/home/yourname/gsl_arm
Inside the .zip file with the gsl-2.5 files, there is a file called INSTALL. There you can find more details on the options for cross compiling.
Make sure to make clean before if you have already compiled the library for different settings. After cross-compiling the library when you run make check on the terminal you will probably get errors, but still it works. Continue with make install and you are ready to use it.

libwebsockets.h - no such file or directory, Ubuntu, arm-linux-gcc cross compiler

I am building a web server using the libwebsockets library on a TS-7800 board using the arm-linux-gcc cross compiler. Using Ubuntu. Installed CMake, OpenSSL, and libwebsockets and built the library per the instructions on Github.
I made a "hello world" C file which #includes libwebsockets.h
When I compile the executable with gcc, it compiles fine and the .exe runs.
When I compile with arm-linux-gcc, I get the following:
root#gordon-MS-7A39:/# arm-linux-gcc -o hellosockets /home/gordon/workspace/HelloCrossWorld/hello_cross.c
/home/gordon/workspace/HelloCrossWorld/hello_cross.c:3:27: libwebsockets.h: No such file or directory
It appears that arm-linux-gcc compiler cannot "see" the header file for libwebsockets. I'm guessing that the installation of the websockets library was successful because gcc can see it.
How do I enable the arm cross compiler to see the libwebsockets.h file?
Thank you for your input!
You'll need to add armhf architecture to your package management system. Perform the following actions as super user:
dpkg --add-architecture armhf
apt update
apt install libwebsockets-dev:armhf
Make sure you're also using the armhf toolchain:
apt install binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf g++-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Alternatively, take a look at Buildroot
I was unaware of the -I and -L preprocessor options for gcc and arm-linux-gcc.
I was able to add libraries to the project and will look into creating makefiles for the project.

ALSA Library and Cross Compiling for ARM

I'm trying to make an "C" application for my NXP(Freescale) imx6 that Debian OS installed on it. My host machine is Ubuntu 16.04. I'm using eclipse as an IDE and I can manage to cross compile until today. I use arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc as an compiler and arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld as an linker. I added -lasound option to my linker parameter, but still can not build the application. I get an error
arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: cannot find -lasound
I think I don't have the libasound.so file on my Ubuntu (Host) machine and my linker couldn't link to library to my application.
I copied the libasound.so file from my ARM machine to my host machine to the /home/user/Downloads folder, but still couldn't compile.
Is there a step to use ALSA library in Cross Compilation project before build?
Here is the output of build operation
Building target: tihc_linux_application
Invoking: GCC C Linker
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld -static -L/home/user/Downloads -pthread -lasound -o "main" ./src/main.o
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: mode armelf_linux_eabi
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: cannot find -lasound
You ask for static link (via -static) but provide shared library so ld probably ignores it (to be sure you can run with -Wl,--verbose). One option is to cross-compile libalsa from scratch and then use resulting static lib to link your app. Another option is to search for pre-compiled gnueabihf libalsa somewhere...

Bluetooth programming in Linux - cross compiler issue

I've installed
sudo apt-get install libbluetooth-dev
to have bluetooth package in my environment.
Hence, using the following command can successfully compile the bluetooth code using gcc.
gcc -o bt bt.c -lbluetooth
However, when I tried to use the cross-compiler to compile the source code
$CC -o bt2 bt.c -lbluetooth
I got the fatal error:
fatal error: bluetooth/bluetooth.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated
Is there anything I've done wrong or I need to link this library to this cross-compiler ?
Thanks
I guess your cross compiler comes with a complete toolchain and SDK.
You must check that e.g. libBluetooth.so installed into your SDK under /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib folders and the correct header, as the one installed for i386/x64 platform, is present into SDK.
In case of the header and lib exist you must change your #include into your code to match the path into your SDK.

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