Cross compiling static C hello world for Android using arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc

Issue

I want to build a static hello world from C using arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc as opposed to using the NDK standalone toolchain or Codesourcery for that matter.

In Ubuntu...

I have done the following:

sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi

I created a hi.c like this:

#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   printf("hello world\n");
   return 0;
}

I have compiled it like this:

arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc -static hi.c -o hi 

I ran it on an emulator like this:

adb push hi /data/hi
adb shell /data/hi

But, I get this:

[1]   Illegal instruction     /data/hi

What step have I forgot? Based on past experience this "should" have worked, but I obviously messed this up.

Solution

If I do this on a Debian machine (VM in my case), all seems well. I am not sure what when wrong with doing similar on ubuntu. It could be as Leo suggested, but I cannot confirm. This should work for you though.

http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/01/16/installing-emdebian-arm-cross-toolchain-in-debian/

Someone added this link, but it is not using the toolchain I mentioned in the description. Leaving it in case anyone is interested.

http://tariqzubairy.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/arm-binaries-static-library-for-android/

Answered By - corbin