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Installing Developer Tools on LINUX OS
3. Open the tar-ball with the Archive Manager and use this application to extract the file,
or skip this step and use the terminal shell.
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For 64 bit system, 32 bit libc and libncurses are required to run the tools.
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For Ubuntu 10.04/12.04 user, the toolchain can also be installed via Launchpad
PPA at https://launchpad.net/~terry.guo/+archive/gcc-arm-embedded .
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Alternatively, using the terminal shell:
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Open a terminal shell.
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Pick an installation directory; e.g., $HOME/usr and unpack there.
mkdir -p $HOME/usr
/
xPRESS
tar -xvf gcc-arm-none-eabi-4_7-2013q3-20130916-linux.tar.bz2 -C
$HOME/usr/xPRESS
5. Add toolchain to your path. Edit $HOME/.profile and add the following line:
PATH="$PATH:$HOME/usr/xPRESS/gcc-arm-none-eabi-4_7-
2013q3/bin"
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To test the path change, type
arm-none-eabi-gcc c
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If the path is correct, you’ll see
arm-none-eabi-gcc: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.
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If the path is wrong, you’ll see
arm-none-eabi-gcc2: command not found