[HOW TO] Compile a program for your router

[wpte]

To use this how to, you have to use a set up like in the how to from wengi or something similair.
This is the way to compile a package on Oleg, I''m still trying to do one on puppylinux (or others) with the tool chain.

All the credits to Dr.Chair who explained it to me

first step:
make sure everything is updated
choose "N" if promted with a question

ipkg update
ipkg upgrade

now we have to install some packages, about 80MB!

ipkg install optware-devel
ipkg install buildroot

if you get any errors, try the command again or use

-force-overwrite

behind the commands


Now we need a package to compile, I changed dosbox to apache in this tutorial because I couldn''t get dosbox working.
Apache also would be more usefull

Download the source (or search for a recent version) here:
http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/httpd-2.2.8.tar.bz2

Open the file with winrar and copy the files via samba on your disc.
Note that you can also unpack this file on the router (not explained here)

I''ve uploaded the file to /mnt/share/apache
cd to the directory

cd /mnt/share/apache

you need an additional packages for apache to make the compile successfull, check the manual of the program you want to compile wich package it needs and search for it on ipkgfind

ipkg install apr
ipkg install apr-util
ipkg install e2fsprogs
ipkg install expat
ipkg install openssl
ipkg install zlib
ipkg install openldap-libs

now we can finally hit the configure:
This took me about half a hour

./configure --prefix=/opt

now make the files:

make

and make install

make install

well... basicly this is the way you should compile on the router.
In my next post I will try to tell you how to do it on ubuntu and puppy linux, or other distributions.
have fun