▲ 156 ▼ How can I develop software for a PowerPC? (thelemmy.club) submitted 6 months ago* by dr_robotBones@reddthat.com to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org 39 comments fedilink hide all child comments Does anyone know how I can cross-compile software for a 1999 iMac G3 with a PowerPC processor? Are there resources on how to develop for this CPU and is there any community around it?
[–] agentTeiko@piefed.social 31 points 6 months ago (3 children) https://djanotes.blogspot.com/2018/02/painless-powerpc-cross-compiling.html permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago You are a gentle person and a school girl. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dr_robotBones@reddthat.com [S] 3 points 6 months ago That guide was for the 64-bit PowerPC CPU, which I think was only used in servers. For future reference, the iMac's 32-bit processor needs the gcc-powerpc-linux-gnu package. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dr_robotBones@reddthat.com [S] 2 points 6 months ago This is a great and direct guide, thank you! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago You are a gentle person and a school girl. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dr_robotBones@reddthat.com [S] 3 points 6 months ago That guide was for the 64-bit PowerPC CPU, which I think was only used in servers. For future reference, the iMac's 32-bit processor needs the gcc-powerpc-linux-gnu package. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dr_robotBones@reddthat.com [S] 2 points 6 months ago This is a great and direct guide, thank you! permalink fedilink source parent