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

try the following command:

which gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi

Its very likely the command is installed in /usr/bin.

Answer 2

Are you compiling on a 64-bit OS? Try:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

I had the same problem when trying to compile the Raspberry Pi kernel. I was cross-compiling on Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit and the toolchain requires ia32-libs to work on on a 64-bit system.

See http://hertaville.com/2012/09/28/development-environment-raspberry-pi-cross-compiler/

Answer 3

CodeSourcery convention is to use prefix arm-none-linux-gnueabi- for all executables, not gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi that you mention. So, standard name for CodeSourcery gcc would be arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc.

After you have installed CodeSourcery G++, you need to add CodeSourcery directory into your PATH.

Typically, I prefer to install CodeSourcery into directory like /opt/arm-2010q1 or something like that. If you don't know where you have installed it, you can find it using locate arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc, however you may need to force to update your locate db using sudo updatedb before locate will work properly.

After you have identified where your CodeSourcery is installed, add it your PATH by editing ~/.bashrc like this:

PATH=/opt/arm-2010q1/bin:$PATH

Also, it is customary and very convenient to define

CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-

in your .bashrc, because with CROSS_COMPILE defined, most tools will automatically use proper compiler for ARM compilation without you doing anything.

Answer 4

if you are on 64 bit os then you need to install this additional libraries.

sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0

Answer 5

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})

Answer 6

got the same error when trying to cross compile the raspberry pi kernel on ubunto 14.04.03 64bit under VM. the solution was found here:

-Install packages used for cross compiling on the Ubuntu box.

sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi make git-core ncurses-dev

-Download the toolchain

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

-Add the toolchain to your path

PATH=$PATH:~/tools/arm-bcm2708/gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-raspbian:~/tools/arm-bcm2708/gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-raspbian-x64/bin

notice the x64 version in the path command