linux - Advice regarding installing ARM toolchain on Ubuntu VM (64bit)

Question

Trying to compile Linux kernel for arm platform on a Ubuntu virtual machine

$make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-linux-gnueabi-

It fails as follows

arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc: not found

Tried to install

$sudo apt-get install arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc

E: unable to locate package arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc

Where to find the correct package? how to include it in the system? (I found a couple of links on line that didn't work for me). It would be great if you could provide a correct solution or reference.

Answer 1

The Ubuntu package names are gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi/gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf.

For building the kernel, which one you use does not make much difference. For building anything else, "gnueabihf" is the hard-float version. For any modern ARM processor (this statement excludes the Raspberry PI), this is the one you would want.