Compile asuswrt-merlin.ng for RT-AC5300

[bmn1]

I tried to compile the source code but without success!!!

I follow the tuto from here

https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin/wiki/Download-the-latest-source-code-from-GitHub done

1. Compile from source using Ubuntu -> ERROR
2. Compiling from source using a Debian-based Linux Distribution ERROR

I tried Ubuntu 12, Ubuntu 14, Ubuntu 16, Ubuntu 18 and the same result not get compiled I TRIED IN x86 and x64 and the same result....

I have in home directory https://github.com/RMerl/am-toolchains too.

And all automated scrips for compile are from 2015 and don't work.

Any recent tuto for RT-AC5300?


I tried other models and get results like this

 

[Odkrys]

it seems you were in wrong folder.

Edit. sorry I didn't see "tried other models".
There is error message. You need to install liblzo2-dev.
Here is the list what I installed to compile merlin firmware.

dpkg --add-architecture i386

apt-get update

apt-get install libncurses5 libncurses5-dev m4 bison gawk flex \
g++ gengetopt git gitk zlib1g-dev autoconf autopoint \
libtool shtool autogen mtd-utils intltool sharutils libstdc++5 texinfo \
dos2unix xsltproc u-boot-tools device-tree-compiler python qemu \
gperf liblzo2-dev uuid-dev build-essential lzma-dev liblzma-dev \
lzma binutils-dev patch cmake libglib2.0-dev gtk-doc-tools \
libc6-i386 lib32stdc++6 lib32z1 libelf1:i386 libncurses5:i386 libc6-dev-i386 \
bc libtool-bin gnulib xutils-dev libltdl-dev

 

[bmn1]

it seems you were in wrong folder.

Edit. sorry I didn't see "tried other models".

That picture was for other model but for my router RT-AC5300 is
For RT-AC5300
cd ~/asuswrt-merlin.ng/release/src-rt-7.14.114.x/src/

I will continue trying. Sorry for my bad english XD

 

[bmn1]

This error is the more actual

/usr/bin/install: cannot stat './xmllint.1': No such file or directory
/usr/bin/install: cannot stat './xmlcatalog.1': No such file or directory
Makefile:505: recipe for target 'install-man1' failed
make[8]: *** [install-man1] Error 1
make[8]: Leaving directory '/home/ubuntu18/asuswrt-merlin.ng/release/src/router/libxml2/doc'
Makefile:716: recipe for target 'install-am' failed
make[7]: *** [install-am] Error 2
make[7]: Leaving directory '/home/ubuntu18/asuswrt-merlin.ng/release/src/router/libxml2/doc'
Makefile:555: recipe for target 'install-recursive' failed
make[6]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[6]: Leaving directory '/home/ubuntu18/asuswrt-merlin.ng/release/src/router/libxml2/doc'
Makefile:1398: recipe for target 'install-recursive' failed
make[5]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory '/home/ubuntu18/asuswrt-merlin.ng/release/src/router/libxml2'
Makefile:7929: recipe for target 'libxml2-stage' failed
make[4]: *** [libxml2-stage] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/ubuntu18/asuswrt-merlin.ng/release/src/router'
Makefile:5136: recipe for target 'libxml2' failed
make[3]: *** [libxml2] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/ubuntu18/asuswrt-merlin.ng/release/src/router'
Makefile:416: recipe for target 'all' failed
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/ubuntu18/asuswrt-merlin.ng/release/src-rt-7.14.114.x/src'
Makefile:3918: recipe for target 'bin' failed
make[1]: *** [bin] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/ubuntu18/asuswrt-merlin.ng/release/src-rt-7.14.114.x/src'
Makefile:4060: recipe for target 'rt-ac5300' failed
make: *** [rt-ac5300] Error 2

 

[bmn1]

in the post say for ubuntu >13

cd ~/asuswrt-merlin.ng/release/src/router/libxml2
sed -i s/AM_C_PROTOTYPES/#AM_C_PROTOTYPES/g ~/asuswrt-merlin/release/src/router/libxml2/configure.in
aclocal

but configure.in is not supported anymore need be configure.ac this message say when you run aclocal.

 

[bmn1]

it seems you were in wrong folder.

Edit. sorry I didn't see "tried other models".
There is error message. You need to install liblzo2-dev.
Here is the list what I installed to compile merlin firmware.

dpkg --add-architecture i386

apt-get update

apt-get install libncurses5 libncurses5-dev m4 bison gawk flex \
g++ gengetopt git gitk zlib1g-dev autoconf autopoint \
libtool shtool autogen mtd-utils intltool sharutils libstdc++5 texinfo \
dos2unix xsltproc u-boot-tools device-tree-compiler python qemu \
gperf liblzo2-dev uuid-dev build-essential lzma-dev liblzma-dev \
lzma binutils-dev patch cmake libglib2.0-dev gtk-doc-tools \
libc6-i386 lib32stdc++6 lib32z1 libelf1:i386 libncurses5:i386 libc6-dev-i386 \
bc libtool-bin gnulib xutils-dev libltdl-dev

Thanks now is compile fine.

 

[RMerlin]

/usr/bin/install: cannot stat './xmllint.1': No such file or directory
/usr/bin/install: cannot stat './xmlcatalog.1': No such file or directory

Requires the gtk-doc-tools package on your build environment.

 

[bmn1]

Ubuntu 18.04.1 x64
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libncurses5 libncurses5-dev m4 bison gawk flex \
g++ gengetopt git gitk zlib1g-dev autoconf autopoint \
libtool shtool autogen mtd-utils intltool sharutils libstdc++5 texinfo \
dos2unix xsltproc u-boot-tools device-tree-compiler python qemu \
gperf liblzo2-dev uuid-dev build-essential lzma-dev liblzma-dev \
lzma binutils-dev patch cmake libglib2.0-dev gtk-doc-tools \
libc6-i386 lib32stdc++6 lib32z1 libelf1:i386 libncurses5:i386 libc6-dev-i386 \
bc libtool-bin gnulib xutils-dev libltdl-dev
git clone https://github.com/RMerl/am-toolchains
git clone https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin.ng
These are the toolchains used to compile Asuswrt-Merlin firmwares.
brcm-arm-hnd/ Broadcom HND ARM platform (RT-AC86U)
brcm-arm-sdk/ Broadcom SDK6/SDK7 ARM platform (RT-AC56 upto RT-AC5300)
Setup instructions (assuming this repository is cloned under ~/am-toolchains/
BCM-HND:
sudo ln -s ~/am-toolchains/brcm-arm-hnd /opt/toolchains
echo "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY:/opt/toolchains/crosstools-arm-gcc-5.3-linux-4.1-glibc-2.22-binutils-2.25/usr/lib" >> ~/.profile
echo "export TOOLCHAIN_BASE=/opt/toolchains" >> ~/.profile
echo "PATH=\$PATH:/opt/toolchains/crosstools-arm-gcc-5.3-linux-4.1-glibc-2.22-binutils-2.25/usr/bin" >> ~/.profile
echo "PATH=\$PATH:/opt/toolchains/crosstools-aarch64-gcc-5.3-linux-4.1-glibc-2.22-binutils-2.25/usr/bin" >> ~/.profile
BCM-SDK:
Assuming you have cloned the firmware repository under ~/asuswrt-merlin.ng/ :
sudo ln -s ~/am-toolchains/brcm-arm-sdk/hndtools-arm-linux-2.6.36-uclibc-4.5.3 /opt/brcm-arm
ln -s ~/am-toolchains/brcm-arm-sdk ~/asuswrt-merlin.ng/release/src-rt-6.x.4708/toolchains
echo "PATH=$PATH:/opt/brcm-arm/bin" >> ~/.profile
cd ~/asuswrt-merlin.ng/release/src-rt-7.14.114.x/src/
make clean
make RT-AC5300

 

[Mihai]

I want to build

That picture was for other model but for my router RT-AC5300 is
For RT-AC5300
cd ~/asuswrt-merlin.ng/release/src-rt-7.14.114.x/src/

I will continue trying. Sorry for my bad english XD

I want to build asuswrt-merlin for rt-ac87u with ubuntu 18.10 i can if yes with which packages

 

[Fitz Mutch]

I want to build asuswrt-merlin for rt-ac87u with ubuntu 18.10 i can if yes with which packages

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/merlinwrt-compile-instructions.47984/page-3#post-421529