Merge pull request #4607

e623f2b2 Add building with depends to the Makefile (TheCharlatan)

Makefile

@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ endif
 
 all: release-all
 
+depends:
+	cd contrib/depends && $(MAKE) HOST=$(target) && cd ../.. && mkdir -p build/$(target)/release
+	cd build/$(target)/release && cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$(CURDIR)/contrib/depends/$(target)/share/toolchain.cmake ../../.. && $(MAKE)
+
 cmake-debug:
 	mkdir -p $(builddir)/debug
 	cd $(builddir)/debug && cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug $(topdir)

README.md

@@ -498,22 +498,19 @@ By default, in either dynamically or statically linked builds, binaries target t
 
 ### Cross Compiling
 
-You can also cross-compile static binaries on Linux for Windows and macOS with the `depends` system. Go to `contrib/depends` and type:
+You can also cross-compile static binaries on Linux for Windows and macOS with the `depends` system.
 
-* ```make HOST=x86_64-linux-gnu``` for 64-bit linux binaries.
-* ```make HOST=x86_64-w64-mingw32``` for 64-bit windows binaries. Requires: python3 nsis g++-mingw-w64-x86-64 wine1.6 bc
-* ```make HOST=x86_64-apple-darwin11``` for darwin binaries. Requires: cmake imagemagick libcap-dev librsvg2-bin libz-dev libbz2-dev libtiff-tools python-dev
-* ```make HOST=i686-linux-gnu``` for 32-bit linux binaries. Requires: g++-multilib bc
-* ```make HOST=i686-w64-mingw32``` for 32-bit windows binaries. Requires: python3 nsis g++-mingw-w64-i686
-* ```make HOST=arm-linux-gnueabihf``` for armv6 binaries. Requires: g++-arm-linux-gnueabihf
+* ```make depends target=x86_64-linux-gnu``` for 64-bit linux binaries.
+* ```make depends target=x86_64-w64-mingw32``` for 64-bit windows binaries. Requires: python3 g++-mingw-w64-x86-64 wine1.6 bc
+* ```make depends target=x86_64-apple-darwin11``` for macOS binaries. Requires: cmake imagemagick libcap-dev librsvg2-bin libz-dev libbz2-dev libtiff-tools python-dev
+* ```make depends target=i686-linux-gnu``` for 32-bit linux binaries. Requires: g++-multilib bc
+* ```make depends target=i686-w64-mingw32``` for 32-bit windows binaries. Requires: python3 g++-mingw-w64-i686
+* ```make depends target=arm-linux-gnueabihf``` for armv7 binaries. Requires: g++-arm-linux-gnueabihf
+* ```make depends target=aarch64-linux-gnu``` for armv8 binaries. Requires: g++-aarch64-linux-gnu
 
 The required packages are the names for each toolchain on apt. Depending on your distro, they may have different names.
-Then go back to the source dir and type: 
 
-* ```cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=`pwd`/contrib/depends/<chosen triplet>/share/toolchain.cmake```
-Where <chosen triplet> is one of the above mentioned targets.
-
-Using `depends` might also be easier to compile Monero on Windows than using MSys. Activate Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with a distro (for example Ubuntu), install the apt build-essentials and follow the `depends` steps as depicted above.
+Using `depends` might also be easier to compile Monero on Windows than using MSYS. Activate Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with a distro (for example Ubuntu), install the apt build-essentials and follow the `depends` steps as depicted above.
 
 ## Installing Monero from a package