How to run an ARM cross-compiler on Ubuntu?

1 year ago
Sophia Anderson
2 minutes

To run an ARM cross-compiler on Ubuntu, you need to follow these steps:

  1. Firstly, make sure that your Ubuntu system has the ARM cross-compiler installed. You can check by running the following command:
  2. Search for the package “gcc-arm-none-eabi” in the list of installed packages.
  3. If there is no content in the output, it means you have not installed the ARM cross-compiler. You can install it by running the following command:
  4. Install the gcc-arm-none-eabi package using sudo apt-get.
  5. Once the installation is complete, you can run the ARM cross compiler using the command line interface (terminal). Open a terminal window and enter the following command:
  6. Print the version of the arm-none-eabi-gcc compiler.
  7. If successfully executed, the version information of the ARM cross compiler will be displayed.
  8. Next, you can use an ARM cross compiler to compile and link programs for the ARM architecture. For example, you can compile a simple C program using the following command:
  9. Compile the file hello.c using the arm-none-eabi-gcc compiler and output the executable as hello.
  10. This will create an executable file named “hello” in the current directory.
  11. Finally, you can use an ARM cross-compiler to run the generated ARM executable file. Please note that you will need to run the executable file on an ARM platform, not on Ubuntu. If you have an ARM development board or emulator in your development environment, you can transfer the generated executable file to that device and run it on it.
  12. If you do not have an ARM development board or emulator, you can use the QEMU emulator to simulate the ARM platform and run executable files. To install the QEMU emulator, you can use the following command:
  13. Please install qemu-user-static using the “sudo apt-get” command.
  14. Next, you can run the executable file on the QEMU emulator using the following command:
  15. Run the binary program “hello” in ARM architecture using QEMU with the specified directory for ARM Linux emulation.
  16. The “hello” executable file will be run in the QEMU emulator.

Please note that the above steps are only applicable for running the ARM cross-compiler on Ubuntu. If you are using a different Linux distribution or operating system, please refer to the corresponding documentation or guide on how to run the ARM cross-compiler on that system.

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