arm-linux-androideabi-gcc is unable to create an executable - compile ffmpeg for android armeabi devices

Question

I am trying to compile ffmpeg for android armeabi devices.
I am following tutorial by roman10.net
His given build script builds ffmpeg for armv7-a devices. I want to build it for armeabi.

My ultimate aim is to run ffmpeg commands on android armeabi and armv7-a devices.

So I change the script's CPU part from

#arm v7vfpv3
CPU=armv7-a
OPTIMIZE_CFLAGS="-mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfpv3-d16 -marm -march=$CPU "
PREFIX=./android/$CPU
ADDITIONAL_CONFIGURE_FLAG=
build_one 

to

#arm v6
CPU=armv6
OPTIMIZE_CFLAGS="-marm -march=$CPU"
PREFIX=./android/$CPU 
ADDITIONAL_CONFIGURE_FLAG=
build_one

(I thought changing it to armv6 would build ffmpeg compatible with armeabi devices. m I wrong?)

Doubt 1:
Do I also have to change toolchain?
i.e from arm-linux-androideabi-4.4.3 to arm-eabi-4.4.0 ?????

Doubt 2:

When I try running ./build.sh (without changing toolchain) it gives me following error:

/home/chaitanya/android/android-ndk-r5b/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.4.3/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-gcc is unable to create an executable file.
C compiler test failed.

If you think configure made a mistake,.. blaah blahh blaah

after that I got lot of warnings saying:
‘sub_id’ is deprecated and many other function deprecated warnings.

platform: ubuntu 11.10
ffmpeg version: 0.11.2
NDK : android-ndk-r5b

Here is my build script:

#!/bin/bash
######################################################
# Usage:
# put this script in top of FFmpeg source tree
# ./build_android
# It generates binary for following architectures:
# ARMv6 
# ARMv6+VFP 
# ARMv7+VFPv3-d16 (Tegra2) 
# ARMv7+Neon (Cortex-A8)
# Customizing:
# 1. Feel free to change ./configure parameters for more features
# 2. To adapt other ARM variants
# set $CPU and $OPTIMIZE_CFLAGS 
# call build_one
######################################################
NDK=~/android/android-ndk-r5b
PLATFORM=$NDK/platforms/android-8/arch-arm/
PREBUILT=$NDK/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.4.3/prebuilt/linux-x86
function build_one
{
./configure --target-os=linux 
    --prefix=$PREFIX 
    --enable-cross-compile 
    --extra-libs="-lgcc" 
    --arch=arm 
    #--cc=$PREBUILT/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-gcc 
    --cross-prefix=$PREBUILT/bin/arm-linux-androideabi- 
    #--nm=$PREBUILT/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-nm 
    --sysroot=$PLATFORM 
    --extra-cflags=" -O3 -fpic -DANDROID -DHAVE_SYS_UIO_H=1 -Dipv6mr_interface=ipv6mr_ifindex -fasm -Wno-psabi -fno-short-enums -fno-strict-aliasing -finline-limit=300 $OPTIMIZE_CFLAGS " 
    --disable-shared 
    --enable-static 
    --extra-ldflags="-Wl,-rpath-link=$PLATFORM/usr/lib -L$PLATFORM/usr/lib -nostdlib -lc -lm -ldl -llog" 
    --disable-everything 
    --enable-demuxer=mov 
    --enable-demuxer=h264 
    --disable-ffplay 
    --enable-protocol=file 
    --enable-avformat 
    --enable-avcodec 
    --enable-decoder=rawvideo 
    --enable-decoder=mjpeg 
    --enable-decoder=h263 
    --enable-decoder=mpeg4 
    --enable-decoder=h264 
    --enable-parser=h264 
    --disable-network 
    --enable-zlib 
    --disable-avfilter 
    --disable-avdevice 
    $ADDITIONAL_CONFIGURE_FLAG

make clean
make  -j4 install
$PREBUILT/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-ar d libavcodec/libavcodec.a inverse.o
$PREBUILT/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-ld -rpath-link=$PLATFORM/usr/lib -L$PLATFORM/usr/lib  -soname libffmpeg.so -shared -nostdlib  -z,noexecstack -Bsymbolic --whole-archive --no-undefined -o $PREFIX/libffmpeg.so libavcodec/libavcodec.a libavformat/libavformat.a libavutil/libavutil.a libswscale/libswscale.a -lc -lm -lz -ldl -llog  --warn-once  --dynamic-linker=/system/bin/linker $PREBUILT/lib/gcc/arm-linux-androideabi/4.4.3/libgcc.a
}

#arm v6
CPU=armv6
OPTIMIZE_CFLAGS="-marm -march=$CPU"
PREFIX=./android/$CPU 
ADDITIONAL_CONFIGURE_FLAG=
build_one

#arm v7vfpv3
#CPU=armv7-a
#OPTIMIZE_CFLAGS="-mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfpv3-d16 -marm -march=$CPU "
#PREFIX=./android/$CPU
#ADDITIONAL_CONFIGURE_FLAG=
#build_one

#arm v7vfp
#CPU=armv7-a
#OPTIMIZE_CFLAGS="-mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfp -marm -march=$CPU "
#PREFIX=./android/$CPU-vfp
#ADDITIONAL_CONFIGURE_FLAG=
#build_one

#arm v7n
#CPU=armv7-a
#OPTIMIZE_CFLAGS="-mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=neon -marm -march=$CPU -mtune=cortex-a8"
#PREFIX=./android/$CPU 
#ADDITIONAL_CONFIGURE_FLAG=--enable-neon
#build_one

#arm v6+vfp
#CPU=armv6
#OPTIMIZE_CFLAGS="-DCMP_HAVE_VFP -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfp -marm -march=$CPU"
#PREFIX=./android/${CPU}_vfp 
#ADDITIONAL_CONFIGURE_FLAG=
#build_one

How do I tackle this problem? what is going wrong?

Answer 1

I finally found the problem with my setup when facing this same issue... Looking at the arm-build.sh script, I started following the script. Notice the "TOOLCHAIN=..." path.

Originally the path was: TOOLCHAIN=echo $NDK/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.6/prebuilt/*-x86

When I went to verify this path exists, I noticed that it did not. I think the reason is that I have a 64-bit build.

My path is actually: .../toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.6/prebuilt/linux-x86_64

What I ended up doing was copying the folder, and renaming it to "linux-x86" and now all is compiling.

Hope this helps someone!