First, you will need to install the following packages using the Cygwin installer:
- make
- gcc-g++
- bison
- flex
- texinfo
- binutils (Make sure to check the "Src?" checkbox since we're interested in the source code. Once the download is finished, you will find it in
/usr/src/)
Create destination dir for binutils
sudo mkdir -p /opt/crossExtract binutils source
cd /usr/src/binutils-[...].src/
tar xjf binutils-[...].tar.bz2Create and enter build dir
mkdir build-binutils
cd build-binutilsConfigure the build
../binutils-gdb/configure --target=mips-linux-gnu --prefix=/opt/cross --disable-gprof --disable-nls --disable-werror --disable-gdb --disable-libdecnumber --disable-readline --disable-simMake and install binutils
make -j
sudo make install -jAdd the new binutils binaries to your system PATH:
You can do that by adding PATH=$PATH:/opt/cross/bin to ~/.bashrc and then reloading ~/.bashrc.
Alternatively you can edit the Path variable in Edit the system environment variables>Environment Variables (in which case you will need to relaunch your terminal).