Hello,

I want to compile my sample code for x64 platform.
I have ubuntu 7.0 installed on my box. I am using gcc 4.1.2 for compiling my code.

Let the same file be test.cpp
I am using the following command

g++ -m64 test.cpp

but there are errors?
Do I need to install x64 libraries or I have to use cross compiler for building x64 target. correct me if I am absolutely wrong.

Regards
Amit

Yes, you need a cross compiler to build code for a different architecture than the architecture you're building on.

thanks for the help.

could you tell me how can I use cross compiler for building code.
1 from where will I get cross compiler.
2 How can I run cross compiler to build for dirrefernt architecture.
3 please give me some link to gather more information.

Regards
Amit

can any body help me out? Thanks in advance.

Let's start from the beginning. What errors are you getting when you attempt to compile your test program? Let's make sure it really is a cross-compilation issue.

Hi

while compiling test.cpp I get the following error

/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../libm.so when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../libm.a when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/bin/../lib/libm.so when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/bin/../lib/libm.a when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libm.so when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libm.a when searching for -lm
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lm
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status


content of test.cpp is
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
std::cout<<"Hello Amit";
return 0;
}

I am using the following command to compile
g++ -m64 test.cpp

Regards
Amit

OK, you need a 64-bit version of libm. This is provided by glibc. So you need to find a 64-bit version of glibc and stick libm in /usr/lib64, then add /usr/lib64 to /etc/ld.so.conf.

Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty : 'libc6-i386_2.5-0ubuntu14_amd64.deb' (= glibc)
http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/am...-i386/download

Included is 'libm.so.6' , required is 'libm.so', so a softlink will do
=> 'ln -s libm.so.6 ibm.so' (the "'.so' link" is in the '-dev' package
= > http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/am...6-dev/download )

It would be easier if you could install the whole package, but
identical filenames have identical locations, so it's not possible.

The method from #5 weibullguy should be followed.

Regards

Thanks a lot.

I dowloaded linux 64 bit libraries and now the program compiles.

But I have a confusion. if I can build x64 platform simply by downloading X64 libraries then why we require cross compiler?

do we need it for compiling program for other OS like windows.

to be precise in which case should I think of using cross compiler?

Regards
Amit

If you are building on an ix86 machine for an x86_64 machine, you are cross compiling.