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To compile osmocomBB or SIMtrace for the target we need a GNU Toolchain for ARM. There are various pre-compiled toolchains available but not all of them will produce working firmware. We will try to support all these configurations but it might take a while to identify the source of a problem. If you have persistent errors when compiling, try using a different package. '''note:''' ~~as as of 2013-10-20, if you use a toolchain with gcc >=4.8, the firmware can be compiled, but will hang as soon as you want to sync to an ARFCN.~~ This issue has been [http://cgit.osmocom.org/osmocom-bb/commit/?id=a903b3c1ee27047c79728b18ff6340d23d1aad2e fixed] in master. ARFCN. === Build one from source === If you want to build your own toolchain, known to be working with OsmocomBB, see here: [wiki:GnuArmToolchain]. This is the best option to get a fairly recent GCC, and this is the option used by several Osmocom-BB developers. === Ubuntu packages === gnuarm packages from following ppa are known to work on ubuntu 10.10 to build osmocom-bb. They are known '''not''' to work for SIMtrace {{{ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bdrung/bsprak sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install arm-elf-toolchain }}} (FIXME: Should be rechecked, the information might be outdated) === Mac OS X === Apparently the arm-elf-gcc 4.3.2 from ports for mac os x can compile the sourcecode as well after symlinking /opt/local/bin/arm-elf-ranlib to /opt/local/bin/arm-elf-linux-ranlib and /opt/local/bin/arm-elf-strip to /opt/local/bin/arm-elf-linux-strip. If you omit the links, there will be unresolvable references to symbols in the libraries.
