6.4. Build Variables

Setting Host and Target

During the building of the cross-compile tools you will need to set a few variables that will be dependent on your particular needs. You will need to set the target triplet for the target architecture. You can do this by running the same command as above, just running it on the target machine. If you can't run the command on the target machine, you can use the table at the bottom of this page. Set the command using the method listed below:

export CLFS_TARGET="{target triplet}"

Now we will add this to ~/.bashrc, just in case you have to exit and restart building later:

echo export CLFS_TARGET=\""${CLFS_TARGET}\"" >> ~/.bashrc

Table 6.2. Processor Type and Target Triplets

Processor Target Triplet
486 Compatibles i486-pc-linux-uclibc
Pentium, K6, 586 Compatibles i586-pc-linux-uclibc
Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium 4 i686-pc-linux-uclibc
Athlon, Duron i686-pc-linux-uclibc