Instructions

Here's how to assemble your own images with live-build running in a cross environment. This works for the nano, developer and alip images but unfortunately the ubuntu-desktop image currently fails because of errors in qemu when working with mono packages for oneiric and before.

However for precise, nano, developer, alip and ubuntu-desktop do successful build cross.

Install Required Packages

add-apt-repository ppa:linaro-maintainers/tools
apt-get update
apt-get install live-build #This will work for maverick, natty, oneiric and precise. It will install version: ~a45
apt-get install multistrap
apt-get install qemu-user-static

Configure and Build

mkdir dirforbld  ; cd dirforbld

#pick a branch:
bzr branch lp:~linaro-maintainers/linaro/live-helper.config.precise.nano  config
# or:
bzr branch lp:~linaro-maintainers/linaro/live-helper.config.precise.developer config

cp config/conf_create.sh .

# edit conf_create.sh  : change parameter to --bootstrap from debootstrap to multistrap
sed -i -e "s/bootstrap debootstrap/bootstrap multistrap/" conf_create.sh

# add/remove packages listed in config/package-lists/nano.list.chroot which is  a text file. One package per line.

sh ./conf_create.sh
lb build
# When rebuilding use the commands :  
#  lb clean --all ; lb clean --cache; rm -rf .stage/* ; lb build

CategoryCrossCompile