python2

This is a set of scripts to package a DroboApp from scratch, i.e., download sources, unpackage, compile, install, and package in a TGZ file. The master branch contains the Drobo5N version, the drobofs branch contains the DroboFS version.

I just want to install the DroboApp, what do I do?

Check the releases page. If there are no releases available, then you have to compile.

How to compile

First make sure that you have a working cross-compiling VM.

Log in the VM, pick a temporary folder (e.g., ~/build), and then do:

git clone https://github.com/droboports/python2.git
cd python2
./build.sh
ls -la *.tgz

Each invocation creates a log file with all the generated output.

• ./build.sh distclean removes everything, including downloaded files.
• ./build.sh clean removes everything but downloaded files.
• ./build.sh package repackages the DroboApp, without recompiling.

Build a cross-compiler

First, install the package qemu-user-static.

Then, make sure there are no residual files, and use the BUILD_DEST variable.

./build.sh clean
XPYTHON="${HOME}/xtools/python2/5n"
BUILD_DEST="${XPYTHON}" ./build.sh
cp -vfaR ./target/install/bin/* "${XPYTHON}/bin/"
cp -vfaR ./target/install/include/* "${XPYTHON}/include/"

And set the QEMU_LD_PREFIX to use the python cross-compiler.

. crosscompile.sh
QEMU_LD_PREFIX="${TOOLCHAIN}/${HOST}/libc" "${XPYTHON}/bin/python" setup.py build_ext \
  --include-dirs="${XPYTHON}/include" --library-dirs="${XPYTHON}/lib" \
  --force build --force bdist_egg --dist-dir .

Missing modules

Python build finished, but the necessary bits to build these modules were not found:
_tkinter           bsddb185           gdbm            
linuxaudiodev      ossaudiodev        readline        
sunaudiodev                                           
To find the necessary bits, look in setup.py in detect_modules() for the module's name.

Sources

• zlib: http://zlib.net/
• bzip: http://bzip.org/
• openssl: http://www.openssl.org/
• ncurses: https://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/
• sqlite: http://sqlite.org/
• bdb: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/database-technologies/berkeleydb/overview/index.html
• libffi: https://sourceware.org/libffi/
• expat: http://expat.sourceforge.net/
• python: http://www.python.org/
• setuptools: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools
• pip: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip

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