gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi command not found

Question

I am trying to install the gnu arm toolchain for ubuntu. I first downloaded the tar from CodeSourcery. However when I go into the bin folder, I cannot run any of the binarie

Answer 1

If you are on a 64bit build of ubuntu or debian (see e.g. 'cat /proc/version') you should simply use the 64bit cross compilers, if you cloned

git clone https://github.com/raspberrypi/tools

then the 64bit tools are in

tools/arm-bcm2708/gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-raspbian-x64

use that directory for the gcc-toolchain. A useful tutorial for compiling that I followed is available here Building and compiling Raspberry PI Kernel (use the -x64 path from above as ${CCPREFIX})