Compilation Error during Make firmware - Probably Ubuntu version mismatch ? workaround inside.

[antoineclaval]

Hi,

This is more a question than a issue.

When I follow the steps to compile the firmware, I see a compilation error.

I see the note about running it on Ubuntu 18.04. I have a 20.04, so I gave it a try.

I ran the prerequisite step, and the ./fetch_deps.sh. It went fine, no error.

When I do 'make firmware' I see the error below

./libs/backward-cpp/backward.hpp:211:10: fatal error: bfd.h: No such file or directory
  211 | #include <bfd.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make: *** [Makefile:26: firmware] Error 1

And then

/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_filesystem
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_system
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [Makefile:26: firmware] Error 1

I installed additional dependencies to work around that in 20.04. You guys want a documentation MR for that ?

Long story short : On 20.04, to compile the binary for ./firmware you will need :

apt-get install binutils-dev
apt-get install libboost-filesystem-dev
sudo apt-get install libboost-filesystem-dev