Installing ARM cross compiler

[rayrv9a]

Hi,

I am running a Debian 64 bit virtual machine on a MAC power book. I am trying to go through the tutorial/example of Modifying the Red Pitaya Tools.

In preparation from a root terminal window I try to execute: sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi
and get the following response:
root@AvionEx:/etc/apt# sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi

What do I need to do to get the ARM cross compiler installed?

Regards,
Ray

[Nils Roos]

Hi Ray,
Apparently, you need to point Debian's apt to the right repository. See this page for instructions on how to install the cross-toolchain.

Good luck

(Disclaimer: since I am using the Xilinx SDK and do not want to mess up my working environment, I have not tried to follow the instructions myself.)

[rayrv9a]

Nils,
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give it a whirl.
Ray

[rayrv9a]

I am still not able to install the cross compiler for the Arm9 that is part of the RedPitaya. I am running a virtual 64 bit Debian machine on a MAC Powerbook that is running a 64 bit Intel processor.

Following the instructions in the Developer Guide, the first issue I find is as follows:

root@AvionEx:/home/ray# sudo apt-get install libc6-dev-armel-crosssolves
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package libc6-dev-armel-crosssolves

Also:

root@AvionEx:/etc/apt# sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi

Looking in /etc/apt/sources.list I see the following:

#

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.6.0 _Wheezy_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20140712-13:01]/ wheezy main

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.6.0 _Wheezy_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20140712-13:01]/ wheezy main

deb http://debian.lcs.mit.edu/debian/ wheezy main
deb-src http://debian.lcs.mit.edu/debian/ wheezy main

deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main

# wheezy-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://debian.lcs.mit.edu/debian/ wheezy-updates main
deb-src http://debian.lcs.mit.edu/debian/ wheezy-updates main

deb http://emdebian.org/debian/ stable main

Do I need to edit this file so that I look at a different sever for the files I need? If so, can someone please explicitly give me the right methodology? I am new to this sort of process and detailed help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Ray

[Nils Roos]

Hi Ray
In the meantime I've tried a couple of things without success, so the only useful hint I can give is to install the Xilinx SDK.
It's a big download (6.5GB for Vivado 2013.3 incl. SDK, and you need to register with Xilinx to get it), but it is known to work on Debian wheezy 64bit - I'm using it myself in that environment.
Be careful to get the 2013.3 version, because starting with 2014.1 you can't license the SDK when it is running in a VM.

edit: Of course, there is also the option to set up another VM with ubuntu and install the linaro toolchain there.

[rayrv9a]

Thanks Nils. As your email came in I was just in the process of downloading Umbutu! I will try that first. At some point Vivado will follow as I also need to load a VHDL core onto the Zync.
Ray

[rayrv9a]

So I found the simple solution:

Instead of using what is found in the Developer Guide: sudo apt-get install libc6-dev-armel-crosssolves

This works: sudo apt-get install libc6-dev-armel-cross

Then additional help can be found here: https://www.olimex.com/forum/index.php?topic=496.0

and especially from here: https://wiki.debian.org/EmdebianToolcha ... e_binaries

Ray

[amalagon]

I also had trouble finding packages, when trying to install the cross-compiler libraries on Debian.

I found the commands in the first paragraph here useful:
https://waitfordebug.wordpress.com/2015 ... on-debian/

[Champion1]

I am running a virtual 64 bit Debian machine on a MAC Powerbook that is running a 64 bit Intel processor.???

[Nils Roos]

And what is your question ?

You can find a description how to set up the tools for building in the README, and in this topic you can find some additional details.
These instructions are for Ubuntu 14.04 but they should also work with Debian. If your distro has a gcc of major version 5, the infos in this post might help.