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diff --git a/HOWTO/INSTALL-ANDROID.md b/HOWTO/INSTALL-ANDROID.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..31698d4ce3 --- /dev/null +++ b/HOWTO/INSTALL-ANDROID.md @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +Cross Compiling Erlang/OTP - ANDROID +==================================== + +Introduction +------------ + +This document describes how to cross compile Erlang OTP to Android/Rasberry Pi platforms. + +### Download and Install Android NDK ### + +https://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html + +### Define System Variables ### + +export NDK_ROOT=/usr/local/android +export NDK_PLAT=android-9 +export PATH=$NDK_ROOT/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.8/prebuilt/darwin-x86_64/bin:$PATH + +### Configure OTP ### + +./otp_build configure \ + --xcomp-conf=./xcomp/erl-xcomp-arm-android.conf \ + --without-ssl + +### Compile OTP ### + +make noboot [-j4] + +### Make Release ### + +./otp_build release -a /usr/local/otp_R16B03_arm + +### Target Deployment ### + +Make a tarball out of /usr/local/otp_R16B03_arm and copy it to target device +(e.g. Raspberry Pi). Extract it and install + +./Install /usr/local/otp_R16B03_arm + +Android SDK (adb tool) is used to deploy OTP/Erlang to target device for +evaluation purpose only. + +adb push /usr/local/otp_R16B03_arm /mnt/sdcard/otp_R16B03_arm +adb shell + +### Known Issues ### + + * native inet:gethostbyname/1 return {error, nxdomain} on Raspberry PI. Use dns resolver to by-pass the issue (see http://www.erlang.org/doc/apps/erts/inet_cfg.html) + +### References ### + + The port derives some solutions from https://code.google.com/p/erlang4android/ diff --git a/HOWTO/INSTALL.md b/HOWTO/INSTALL.md index bbde5bc08c..368947b36c 100644 --- a/HOWTO/INSTALL.md +++ b/HOWTO/INSTALL.md @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ Step 4: Run the following commands to configure the build: $ ./configure [ options ] -If you are building it from git you will need to run `autoconf` to generate configure file. +If you are building it from git you will need to run `./otp_build autoconf` to generate configure file. By default, Erlang/OTP will be installed in `/usr/local/{bin,lib/erlang}`. To instead install in `<BaseDir>/{bin,lib/erlang}`, use the `--prefix=<BaseDir>` option. |