Compiling for x86_64

x86_64 Compiler Toolset

Building the x86_64 compiler toolset is quite easy and involves generating GCC binaries for your platform. For a complete list of flags for the configure script, see Haiku’s Configure Options.

x86_64 exclusively uses gcc8, this differs from our 32-bit x86_gcc2 builds which include both gcc2 (for BeOS compatibility) and gcc8 as a secondary architecture.

From the Haiku source directory, run the following to compile the build tools (be sure to adjust the options to match your build environment):

Working in a clean build directory:

mkdir generated.x86_64; cd generated.x86_64
../configure --cross-tools-source ../../buildtools --build-cross-tools x86_64

Working in the top level:

./configure --cross-tools-source ../buildtools --build-cross-tools x86_64

x86_64 Haiku Builds

These builds require a valid x86_64 compiler toolset (see above), and might also need additional software packages installed – see the pre-requisite software page for more details.

These commands should be run from the same path you ran your configure in above.

Compiling a nightly anyboot Haiku iso image

This is the standard build which results in a live ISO that can be burned to an optical disc, or that can be written directly to a USB stick.

jam -q -j2 @nightly-anyboot

Compiling a nightly raw disk images

This generates a simple raw disk image of Haiku which can be booted directly in a VM or written directly to a USB stick.

jam -q -j2 @nightly-raw