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My proc info:

 lscpu
Architecture:        x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):      32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order:          Little Endian
CPU(s):              4
On-line CPU(s) list: 0-3
Thread(s) per core:  1
Core(s) per socket:  4
Socket(s):           1
NUMA node(s):        1
Vendor ID:           GenuineIntel
CPU family:          6
Model:               158
Model name:          Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7400 CPU @ 3.00GHz
Stepping:            9
CPU MHz:             1036.788
CPU max MHz:         3500,0000
CPU min MHz:         800,0000
BogoMIPS:            6000.00
Virtualization:      VT-x
L1d cache:           32K
L1i cache:           32K
L2 cache:            256K
L3 cache:            6144K
NUMA node0 CPU(s):   0-3

I tried:

sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi g++-arm-linux-gnueabi

If I go for:

arm-linux-gcc
arm-linux-gcc: command not found

How to install cross-compiler?

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    According to the filelist, the compiler executable name is arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc
    – steeldriver
    Apr 2, 2019 at 9:36

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TLDR

you need to call arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc not arm-linux-gcc.

It looks like you've just got the wrong file name. For reference apt-file is a useful tool.

sudo apt-get install apt-file
sudo apt-file update
apt-file search -x 'gcc$' | grep 'gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi'

This searches any file ending gcc in any package with gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi in the name. The result is:

gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi: /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc

So if you have installed gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi you should have a file /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc.

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    Knowing to search for arm-linux-gnueabi means knowing the answer already ;-). apt-file search -x 'arm-linux.*gcc$' would be more discoverable.
    – Stephen Kitt
    Apr 2, 2019 at 9:48
  • True. It was in the OP's question under "I tried..." but as you say, if you don't know, good knowledge of regular expressions is also helpful.
    – Philip Couling
    Apr 2, 2019 at 9:50
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    My point is that the OP didn’t know what command to run, so couldn’t know what to search for in package contents (as opposed to package names).
    – Stephen Kitt
    Apr 2, 2019 at 9:51
  • I had no prior knowledge of any of this before attempting to find it myself. The search in my answer is constructed of the package they already installed and gcc at the end of the command name - a generalisation of what they were already trying (arm-linux-gcc) - It was the first thing I tried..
    – Philip Couling
    Apr 2, 2019 at 9:55
  • I guess I just find it surprising to use apt-file search to look for a package name (as you put it, “This searches all packages for a file or package containing arm-linux-gnueabi”) when apt-file search only searches package contents (which also incidentally finds package names, thanks to /usr/share/doc/<package>/copyright).
    – Stephen Kitt
    Apr 2, 2019 at 10:56
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As steeldriver suggests, you already have installed the cross-compiler; the problem is that you’re using the wrong command to invoke it, you need to use the arm-linux-gnueabi- prefix in general. So run

arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc

or

arm-linux-gnueabi-g++

and it should work fine.

To figure this out yourself, you can use dpkg -L to list the contents of the packages you’ve installed:

dpkg -L gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi

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