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+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo "running script: build_libnftables.sh"
+
+. ./config.sh
+. ./util.sh
+
+LIBNFTABLES_GIT_URL="git://git.netfilter.org/nftables"
+LIBNFTNL_GIT_URL="git://git.netfilter.org/libnftnl"
+LIBMNL_GIT_URL="git://git.netfilter.org/libmnl"
+LIBGMP_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://gmplib.org/download/gmp/gmp-6.3.0.tar.xz"
+LIBEDIT_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/libedit-20230828-3.1.tar.gz"
+LIBNCURSES_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://invisible-island.net/datafiles/release/ncurses.tar.gz"
+# LIBREADLINE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/readline.git/snapshot/readline-8.2.tar.gz"
+
+# download source code and extract it
+download_extract () {
+    wget -P $BUILD_ROOT_DIR $LIBGMP_DOWNLOAD_URL --quiet
+    wget -P $BUILD_ROOT_DIR $LIBEDIT_DOWNLOAD_URL --quiet
+    wget -P $BUILD_ROOT_DIR $LIBNCURSES_DOWNLOAD_URL --quiet
+
+    tarball="$(basename -- $LIBGMP_DOWNLOAD_URL)"
+    tar -xf $BUILD_ROOT_DIR/$tarball --directory $BUILD_ROOT_DIR    
+
+    tarball="$(basename -- $LIBEDIT_DOWNLOAD_URL)"
+    tar -zxf $BUILD_ROOT_DIR/$tarball --directory $BUILD_ROOT_DIR    
+
+    tarball="$(basename -- $LIBNCURSES_DOWNLOAD_URL)"
+    tar -zxf $BUILD_ROOT_DIR/$tarball --directory $BUILD_ROOT_DIR    
+}
+
+# build_libreadline_riscv64 () {
+#     export CFLAGS="-I$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install/include"
+#     export LDFLAGS="-L$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install/lib"
+    
+#     wget -P $BUILD_ROOT_DIR $LIBREADLINE_DOWNLOAD_URL --quiet
+#     tarball="$(basename -- $LIBREADLINE_DOWNLOAD_URL)"
+#     tar -xf $BUILD_ROOT_DIR/$tarball --directory $BUILD_ROOT_DIR    
+
+#     printf "${BCyan}building libreadline for $TARGET_ARCH${Color_Off}\n"
+#     cd "$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/readline-8.2" 
+#     mkdir -p riscv64_build
+#     cd riscv64_build
+    
+#     CC=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc \
+#     LD=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-ld \
+#     AR=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-ar \
+#     STRIP=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-strip \
+#     ../configure --prefix=$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install \
+#     --enable-static --host=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
+#     make && make install
+# }   
+
+build_libncurses_riscv64 () {
+    printf "${BCyan}building libncurses for $TARGET_ARCH${Color_Off}\n"
+    # go to the folder where the extracted files are
+    cd "$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/ncurses-6.3" 
+    mkdir -p riscv64_build
+    cd riscv64_build
+    
+    CC=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc \
+    CXX=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-g++ \
+    LD=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-ld \
+    AR=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-ar \
+    STRIP=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-strip \
+    ../configure --disable-stripping --prefix=$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install \
+    --enable-static --host=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
+    make && make install
+}
+
+
+build_libedit_riscv64 () {
+    export CFLAGS="-I$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install/include -I$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install/include/ncurses"
+    export LDFLAGS="-L$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install/lib"
+    export CPPFLAGS="-I$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install/include -I$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install/include/ncurses"
+
+    printf "${BCyan}building libedit for $TARGET_ARCH${Color_Off}\n"
+    # go to the folder where the extracted files are
+    cd "$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/libedit-20230828-3.1" 
+    mkdir -p riscv64_build
+    cd riscv64_build
+
+    CC=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc \
+    LD=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-ld \
+    AR=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-ar \
+    STRIP=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-strip \
+    ../configure --prefix=$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install \
+    --enable-static --host=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
+    make && make install
+}
+
+build_libgmp_riscv64 () {
+    printf "${BCyan}building libgmp for $TARGET_ARCH${Color_Off}\n"
+    # go to the folder where the extracted files are
+    cd "$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/gmp-6.3.0" 
+    mkdir -p riscv64_build
+    cd riscv64_build
+    
+    CC=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc \
+    CXX=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-g++ \
+    LD=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-ld \
+    AR=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-ar \
+    STRIP=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-strip \
+    ../configure --prefix=$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install \
+    --enable-static --host=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
+    make && make install
+}
+
+build_libmnl_riscv64 () {
+    printf "${BCyan}building libmnl for $TARGET_ARCH${Color_Off}\n"
+    # go to the folder where the extracted files are
+    cd $BUILD_ROOT_DIR
+    git clone $LIBMNL_GIT_URL
+    cd libmnl
+
+    ./autogen.sh
+    mkdir -p riscv64_build
+    cd riscv64_build
+    
+    CC=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc \
+    CXX=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-g++ \
+    LD=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-ld \
+    AR=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-ar \
+    STRIP=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-strip \
+    ../configure --prefix=$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install \
+    --enable-static --host=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
+    make && make install
+}
+
+build_libnftnl_riscv64 () {
+    printf "${BCyan}building libnftnl for $TARGET_ARCH${Color_Off}\n"
+    export LIBMNL_CFLAGS="-I$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install/include"
+    export LIBMNL_LIBS="-L$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install/lib"
+    # go to the folder where the extracted files are
+    cd $BUILD_ROOT_DIR
+    git clone $LIBNFTNL_GIT_URL
+    cd libnftnl
+
+    ./autogen.sh
+    mkdir -p riscv64_build
+    cd riscv64_build
+    
+    CC=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc \
+    CXX=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-g++ \
+    LD=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-ld \
+    AR=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-ar \
+    STRIP=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-strip \
+    ../configure --prefix=$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install \
+    --enable-static --host=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
+    make && make install
+}
+
+build_libnftables_riscv64 () {
+    export LIBMNL_CFLAGS="-I$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install/include"
+    export LIBMNL_LIBS="-L$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install/lib"
+    export LIBNFTNL_CFLAGS="-I$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install/include"
+    export LIBNFTNL_LIBS="-L$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install/lib"
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install/lib
+    export LDFLAGS="-L$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install/lib"
+    # export LIBS="-ledit -lgmp -lnftnl -lmnl" # will break the build of libedit, but is needed for the build of nftables
+
+    # go to the folder where the extracted files are
+    cd $BUILD_ROOT_DIR
+    git clone $LIBNFTABLES_GIT_URL
+    cd nftables
+
+    sudo apt-get install asciidoc # required by nftables
+    measure_func_time build_libmnl_riscv64 # required by nftables 18.76 seconds
+    measure_func_time build_libnftnl_riscv64 # required by nftables 48.05 seconds
+    measure_func_time build_libgmp_riscv64 # required by nftables 203.69 seconds
+    measure_func_time build_libncurses_riscv64 # required by nftables 155.53 seconds
+    measure_func_time build_libedit_riscv64 # required by nftables 29.05 seconds
+
+    ./autogen.sh
+    mkdir -p riscv64_build
+    cd riscv64_build
+    mkdir -p ./doc
+    
+    CC=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc \
+    LD=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-ld \
+    AR=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-ar \
+    STRIP=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu-strip \
+    LDFLAGS=-L$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install/lib \
+    CFLAGS="-I$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install/include" \
+    CPPFLAGS="-I$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install/include" \
+    LIBS="-ledit -lgmp -lnftnl -lmnl" \
+    ../configure --prefix=$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/riscv64_pb_install \
+    --enable-static --host=riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
+    make && make install
+}
+
+
+main () {
+
+    download_extract
+
+    case $TARGET_ARCH in
+        
+        "riscv64")
+            printf "${BCyan}building libnftables for $TARGET_ARCH${Color_Off}\n"
+            measure_func_time build_libnftables_riscv64 # total 533.31 seconds
+            ;;
+
+        *)
+            echo "the target architecture $TARGET_ARCH is not supported, exit the program..."
+            exit
+            ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+main
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