I need to set up the Git client on a cheap shared hosting, with a no-name 32-bit Linux distribution. GCC isn't available so I can't compile it on the server. I do have at my disposal 2 other 64-bit Linux servers and an OSX laptop which I could try to cross-compile a binary on. But I can't seem to get it to compile correctly; when I push the binaries to the 32-bit server it says it can't run the executable. It looks from other sources like I need to add "-arch i386" and/or "-m32" to the ./configure or make commands to work for 32-bit, but I guess I'm not using them correctly. Anyone know how to do this, or alternately, where to find a universal 32-bit Git binary?
Thanks
Your best bet is trying to compile git as a static binary. Your binary probably have different shared libraries versions (or even, not all dependencies installed).
This link:
How to build git for a host with no compiler
Provides information on how to build git as a static binary.
This stackoverflow answer provides information on how to cross compile it from a 64 bit host.
Hope this helps.
Honestly, if it were me, I would just fire up 32-bit Linux in a VM and compile there.
OS X isn't going to work - its geared to produce Mach-O binaries with the OS X syscall interface, not Linux ELF binaries.
Using -m32 on the CLFAGS is going to help, but most importantly, use -static as well. Static binaries are much more portable.
If that fails, please provide exactly how it failed.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4147730/compile-git-for-32-bit-linux-on-shared-hosting