sysroot
nounEtymology From sys (“system”) + root (“the highest directory of a directory structure”).
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences A directory containing all the header files, configuration files and libraries required to build a program, often used in cross-compilation.
- The toolchain also comes with a matching sysroot for the target device because it needs access to various headers and libraries necessary to run on the target architecture. The sysroot is generated from the root filesystem and uses the same metadata configuration.2016, Alexandru Vaduva, Alex Gonzalez, Chris Simmonds, Linux: Embedded Development, Birmingham; Mumbai: Packt Publishing Ltd., →ISBN, page 146:
- Related terms
- docroot