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Junichi Kajiwara
Junichi Kajiwara

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How to build plv8 2.3.0 for Raspberry Pi 3

#raspberrypi #postgres #javascript #v8

What is plv8

see:

Building V8

I have done this by cross compiling.

You have to do following steps on Linux box(x86_64).

Installing depot_tools 

cd ~ mkdir -p local/src cd local mkdir build cd build git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git export PATH=$PATH:~/local/depot_tools
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fetching v8 source 

cd src fetch v8 cd v8 git checkout 6.4.388.40
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6.4.388.40 : plv8-2.3.0 uses this version.

You may add follwing line to ../.gclient .

target_os = ['unix']
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then, you call gclient sync.

gclient sync
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Cross compileing for Raspberry Pi 

tools/dev/v8gen.py arm.release -- \ is_component_build=false v8_static_library=true v8_use_snapshot=true \  v8_use_external_startup_data=false v8_enable_i18n_support=false
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gn args out.gn/arm.release
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then,edit parameters following:

is_debug = false target_cpu = "arm" v8_target_cpu = "arm" # Additional command-line args: is_component_build=false v8_static_library=true v8_use_snapshot=true v8_use_external_startup_data=false v8_enable_i18n_support=false
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building d8 and libv8*.a 

ninja -C out.gn/arm.release d8
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When your build success,you'll have these files.

ls out.gn/arm.release/libv8*.a libv8_base.a libv8_libbase.a libv8_libplatform.a libv8_libsampler.a libv8_snapshot.a
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Copying files to raspberry pi 

ssh pi@raspberrry.local mkdir $HOME/local/v8 scp out.gn/arm.release/libv8*.a pi@raspberrypi.local:/home/pi/local/v8 scp include pi@raspberrypi.local:/home/pi/local/v8
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after this step,you may work on your raspberry pi.

Installing libc++

before build plv8,you'll need libc++.

sudo apt install libc++-dev libunwind-dev
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Installing PostgreSQL

Of course you'll need PostgreSQL.Because plv8 is an extension of the PostgreSQL.

sudo apt install postgresql-server-dev-9.6 postgresql-9.6
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Building plv8 itself on Raspberry Pi 

mkdir -p ~/local/src cd ~/local/src curl https://github.com/plv8/plv8/archive/v2.3.0.zip unzip v2.3.0.zip cd plv8-2.3.0
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copy v8 headers and libraries to plv8's source tree 

mkdir -p build/v8/out.gn/x64.release/obj cp -r ~/local/v8/include build/v8 cp ~/local/v8/lib*a build/v8/out.gn/x64.release/obj
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Edit Makefile

Now, you have built v8 libraries.you don't need build v8 again.
So, you can edit Makefile following:

AUTOV8_DIR = build/v8 AUTOV8_OUT = build/v8/out.gn/x64.release/obj - AUTOV8_DEPOT_TOOLS = build/depot_tools AUTOV8_LIB = $(AUTOV8_OUT)/libv8_snapshot.a AUTOV8_STATIC_LIBS = -lv8_base -lv8_snapshot -lv8_libplatform -lv8_libbase -lv8_libsampler - export PATH := $(abspath $(AUTOV8_DEPOT_TOOLS)):$(PATH)  SHLIB_LINK += -L$(AUTOV8_OUT) -L$(AUTOV8_OUT)/third_party/icu $(AUTOV8_STATIC_LIBS) -- V8_OPTIONS = is_component_build=false v8_static_library=true v8_use_snapshot=true v8_use_external_startup_data=false  - ifndef USE_ICU - V8_OPTIONS += v8_enable_i18n_support=false - endif  - all: v8 # For some reason, this solves parallel make dependency. - plv8_config.h plv8.so: v8  - $(AUTOV8_DEPOT_TOOLS): - mkdir -p build - cd build; git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git  - $(AUTOV8_DIR): $(AUTOV8_DEPOT_TOOLS) - cd build; fetch v8; cd v8; git checkout $(AUTOV8_VERSION); gclient sync ; tools/dev/v8gen.py x64.release -- $(V8_OPTIONS)  - $(AUTOV8_OUT)/third_party/icu/common/icudtb.dat: - $(AUTOV8_OUT)/third_party/icu/common/icudtl.dat: - v8: $(AUTOV8_DIR) - cd $(AUTOV8_DIR) ; env CXXFLAGS=-fPIC CFLAGS=-fPIC ninja -C out.gn/x64.release d8  include Makefile.shared CCFLAGS += -I$(AUTOV8_DIR)/include -I$(AUTOV8_DIR) # We're gonna build static link. Rip it out after include Makefile SHLIB_LINK := $(filter-out -lv8, $(SHLIB_LINK))  ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT) # noop for now else  SHLIB_LINK += -L$(AUTOV8_OUT) UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s) ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin) CCFLAGS += -stdlib=libc++ -std=c++11 SHLIB_LINK += -stdlib=libc++ endif ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux) CCFLAGS += -std=c++11 - SHLIB_LINK += -lrt -std=c++11 -lc++ + SHLIB_LINK += -lrt -std=c++11 -lc++ -lunwind  endif endif
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Building plv8 

make
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Installing postgres extension 

sudo make install
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run 

sudo su - postgres psql
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CREATE EXTENSION plv8; SELECT plv8_version();
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