[Mono-dev] Cross-compiling Mono for ARM

[Gutemberg Ribeiro]

Hello guys,

I'm trying to cross-compile (from Ubuntu 14.04) Mono for ARM following this tutorial http://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/supported-platforms/arm/ but the links that show how configure ScratchBox are outdated and I can't find anything on the internet on how to successful setup an environment and cross-compile mono for ARM...

The idea is to build it as a static library so I can use it embedded as suggested here: http://www.mono-project.com/docs/advanced/embedding/

For the sake of information, the target ARM device runs a proprietary striped down distribution based on debian and we have no access to its terminal or any kind of access to the OS. It is a payment terminal from www.ingenico.com<http://www.ingenico.com> and it has an ARM9 processor and uses a proprietary SDK that looks like uses GNU ARM 4.3.4 toolchain with an IDE based on Eclipse as you can see in the following picture:

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The only way we have to use mono on it is by adding it as a static lib and import the header in order to embedded it, create a thin C layer that will only bootstrap the .net app (all their API calls will be PInvoked after add Mono to it).

Anyone has has a good documentation on:


1.      How to setup a cross-compile environment on Ubuntu

2.      Compile Mono to ARM as an static library

Any help would be very appreciated.

Thank you very much!

Best regards,


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Gutemberg Ribeiro
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