This repository is an archive of prc-tools 2.3 and its GCC cross-compilation toolchain, with patches enabling it to build and run on modern Linux and macOS systems.
prc-tools is a collection of tools supporting C and C++ programming for Palm OS. It supplies a full GCC cross-compilation toolchain for m68k and ARM, as well as Palm OS-specific utilities.
As the Palm OS platform faded into oblivion, prc-tools appears to be have been unmaintained since 2003 and no longer compiles under recent versions of GCC and Clang. This repo includes a number of patches to enable it to build and run on modern Linux and macOS systems.
If you’re using a recent 64-bit version of Ubuntu or Debian, you can download
and install pre-built .deb packages for prc-tools-remix from the
Releases page.
For a full Palm OS development environment that includes
prc-tools-remix,
Palm OS SDKs and
PilRC, you can use the one-click install script
tools/setup-palm-os-dev-env.sh:
curl -sLO https://github.com/jichu4n/prc-tools-remix/raw/master/tools/setup-palm-os-dev-env.sh
bash ./setup-palm-os-dev-env.sh $DIST…where $DIST can be one of focal, bionic, xenial, buster, or
stretch, depending on your distro and version.
Otherwise, please see "Building from source" below.
You can install prc-tools-remix from the AUR:
yay -S prc-tools-remixFor a full Palm OS development environment that includes prc-tools-remix, Palm OS SDKs and PilRC:
yay -S prc-tools-remix palm-os-sdk-git pilrcSee
tools/build.sh
for general build steps.
To build and install using
tools/build.sh:
# Install dependencies:
sudo apt-get install \
build-essential autoconf automake \
libncurses-dev \
flex bison \
texinfo gperf
# Download code:
git clone https://github.com/jichu4n/prc-tools-remix.git
cd prc-tools-remix
# Build and install into "./dist/" directory:
./tools/build.sh
# To build a binary tarball:
(cd ./dist && tar cvjf ../prc-tools-remix.tar.bz2 *)
# To unpack into your system:
sudo tar xvjf prc-tools-remix.tar.bz2 -C /For a full Palm OS development environment, you’ll also need the following:
-
PilRC: Install pre-built
debpackages from the Releases page, or see PilRC build script for general build steps
Please refer to the prc-tools homepage for documentation on usage.