Beaglebone u-boot: cross compiler failed to install

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I am following this link to enable automatic boot from SD card. After trying to install Linaro, I check for the GCC version:

${CC}gcc --version

It gives me this error:

bash: /home/debian/Desktop/gcc-linaro-6.4.1-2017.11-x86_64_arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc: No such file or directory

I search around, and this link suggests using:

sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf

That then gives me this error:

unable to locate package gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf

This link suggests using this instead:

 sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-none-eabi

I have not finished that process yet. However, there are so many things I do not understand so far. Beaglebone Black is a 32-bit system, why does the official u-boot guide point to a 64-bit version of Linaro? The image I got is Debian Jessie 8.9 off the official site. Is there a guide for u-boot at such starting point? Thanks.

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beagleboneblacku-boot
If you notice the link (eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/…) says, your host needs to be 64bit machine. I am guessing that your machine is 32-bit. Beagle bone black is 32-bit system, the link is pointing to 64-bit cross-compiler which will work on 64bit machine. The linaro toolchain is a cross compiler which will complie for apps/libs/kernel for your BBB (refer wiki.osdev.org/GCC_Cross-Compiler for a bit more detail on cross compiler) - Prabhakar Lad

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OK, I figured this out. The first part of the guide (before HDMI) is done on a computer with which you will flash your SD card. After that, you boot into the BBB and do the rest. This ambiguity kills me.