when building u-boot /bin/bash: arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc: command not found

I am currently running Ubuntu 12.0.4 on a 64 bit machine. I have an AM335X development board. Along with the kit came the compressed kernel (linux 3,2), rootfs, u-boot, and ARM cross compiler (arm-2010q1).

I uncompressed everything to a sub folder (/home/brent/work).

I have added the following to my .bashrc file:

PATH=/home/brent/work/arm-2010q1/bin:$PATH
CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-

I have also installed the following:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

When I go to built u-boot I am doing the following (per instructions that came with the kit):

brent@brent~/work/u-boot$ sudo make distclean
awk '(NF && $1 !~ /^#/) { print $1 ": " $1 "_config; $(MAKE)" }' boards.cfg > .boards.depend
brent@brent~/work/u-boot$ sudo make myd_am335x_lcd4.3_config
awk '(NF && $1 !~ /^#/) { print $1 ": " $1 "_config; $(MAKE)" }' boards.cfg > .boards.depend
Configuring for myd_am335x_lcd4.3 - Board: myd_am335x, Options: DISPLAY_LCD43
brent@brent~/work/u-boot$ sudo make
/bin/bash: arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc: command not found
/bin/bash: arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc: command not found
dirname: missing operand
Try `dirname --help' for more information.
Generating include/autoconf.mk
/bin/bash: line 3: arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc: command not found
/bin/bash: arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc: command not found
dirname: missing operand
Try `dirname --help' for more information.
Generating include/autoconf.mk.dep
/bin/bash: line 3: arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc: command not found
/bin/bash: arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc: command not found
/bin/bash: arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc: command not found
dirname: missing operand
Try `dirname --help' for more information.
/bin/bash: arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc: command not found
/bin/bash: arm-none-linux-gnueabi-ld: command not found
/bin/bash: arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc: command not found
dirname: missing operand
Try `dirname --help' for more information.
/bin/bash: arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc: command not found
dirname: missing operand
Try `dirname --help' for more information.
arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc -DDO_DEPS_ONLY \ -g -Os -fno-common -ffixed-r8 -msoft-float -D__KERNEL__ -I/home/brent/CropVentures/u-boot/include -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -nostdinc -isystem -pipe -DCONFIG_ARM -D__ARM__ -march=armv5 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes \ -o lib/asm-offsets.s lib/asm-offsets.c -c -S
/bin/bash: arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc: command not found
make: *** [lib/asm-offsets.s] Error 127

I have verified the binary is located at /home/brent/work/arm-2010q1/bin

I am also not sure why I need to have sudo as part of the command? If I do not I get a permissions error.

Any help or information on what I am doing wrong would be greatly appreciated.

1 Answer

Check your arm tool chain if it is for 64-bit or not, you can use this command:

file <arm-tool-chain>/bin/arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc 

If it is not showing elf 64 bit then it won't work. Change the arm tool chain 32 bit to 64 bit.