AVR Programming on R-Pi

[mudkip177]

I've been kicking around micros for about a year. I got a Raspberry Pi and eventually settled on the goal of using the Pi to program AVR micros. I've been playing with them using Programmer's Notebook and AVRDude in XP. I got the Pi setup using your micro wifi dongle (worked plug and play using the 9/18 wheezy dist from here: http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads) and it looks really cool in your acrylic box. So now I'm following this tutorial, http://www.ladyada.net/learn/avr/setup-unix.html, to set up gcc & avrdude on my Pi. Got to the point where I'm running make on the gcc download only to learn I'm missing links and files. I'm more then happy and stubborn enough to bulldog my way through the errors but what I'd like to know is this: Do I have a hope of making this happen or am I asking too much of my littl-ole Pi? I'd appreciate the guidance & TY for the help -- Bob in Baton Rouge

[westfw]

In my experience (which does NOT include RPi), building a cross compiler from source involves quite a lot of "bulldog your way through", if your host system is out-of-the-ordinary in any way. (and a RPi is not ordinary...)

[mudkip177]

That sounds like the voice of experience. TY for the advice -- BinBR

[westfw]

(actually, I think the Lady Ada/Leah Buchley tutorial on building gcc was one of the ones that turned out to be particularly useful.)
http://www.ladyada.net/learn/avr/setup-unix.html
Also http://wiki.osdev.org/GCC_Cross-Compiler