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rust compile x86 library on x86_64 machine


I have ubuntu x86_64 container and cargo build goes well. But i need to build x86 library version too. As far as I understand i need to add i686 toolchain and target.

rustup target add i686-unknown-linux-gnu done successful
rustup toolchain install stable-i686-unknown-linux-gnu finished with error
$ rustup toolchain install stable-i686-unknown-linux-gnu
info: syncing channel updates for 'stable-i686-unknown-linux-gnu'
info: latest update on 2018-11-08, rust version 1.30.1 (1433507eb 2018-11-07)
info: downloading component 'rustc'
info: downloading component 'rust-std'
info: downloading component 'cargo'
info: downloading component 'rust-docs'
info: installing component 'rustc'
info: installing component 'rust-std'
info: installing component 'cargo'
info: installing component 'rust-docs'

  stable-i686-unknown-linux-gnu installed - (error reading rustc version)

and

$ rustup  default stable-i686
info: using existing install for 'stable-i686-unknown-linux-gnu'
info: default toolchain set to 'stable-i686-unknown-linux-gnu'

  stable-i686-unknown-linux-gnu unchanged - (error reading rustc version)

Do I missed something or took wrong approach?


Solution

  • Instead of changing your toolchain, you have to add the target to your current toolchain (make sure to switch back to your original toolchain first).

    $ rustup target install i686-unknown-linux-gnu
    $ cargo build --target=i686-unknown-linux-gnu
    

    Of course, you need to install the 32-bit libraries on your system as well, e.g. on ubuntu you install them by

    $ sudo apt install gcc-multilib
    

    (for more information about that see How to Compile 32-bit Apps on 64-bit Ubuntu?)