[Category linux/mips-tools] MIPS development tools

MIPS development tools: GNU development tools for MIPS

Instructions

Downloading: To download Red Hat Linux package files (files whose names end in .rpm) to your /tmp directory from Netscape, right-click on the link and select "Save Link As..." Then specify the /tmp directory to save the files.

Installing: (For Red Hat Linux systems) Copy mipstools-1.0-UCB1.i386.rpm to your /tmp directory, and then run the following command as root:

	# rpm -Uvh /tmp/mipstools-1.0-UCB1.i386.rpm

You can remove the /tmp/mipstools-1.0-UCB1.i386.rpm file when you are done.

This package should work for both Red Hat 6.x and 7.x.

(For other Linux systems) You may be able to convert this RPM package into a package for your distribution by installing the Alien package converter (http://www.kitenet.net/programs/alien/). Then follow the instructions pertinent to your distribution.

Running: Set your path to include /usr/local/mips/bin:

	% set path = (/usr/local/mips/bin $path)    for C-shell users
	$ export PATH=/usr/local/mips/bin:$PATH     for Bourne shell users

You can add this statement to your ~/.cshrc file if you are a C-shell user, to avoid typing it every time you log in.

Then, you can use programs such as the following:

mips-dec-ultrix4.5-as         -- mips assembler
mips-dec-ultrix4.5-objdump    -- mips disassembler
mips-dec-ultrix4.5-g++        -- mips C++ compiler
mips-dec-ultrix4.5-gcc        -- mips C compiler

Sources: We have included the source to GNU binutils and GNU gcc on the CD.

Web Sites:

• Web site, at gcc.gnu.org