Fedora has no package named "arm-none-eabi-gdb"

[Qwertie-]

The install chapter for linux advises to install this package but it does not exist on fedora 32 or at least not under that name.

Some similar named packages but none look correct

================================== Name & Summary Matched: eabi ===================================
arm-none-eabi-binutils-cs.x86_64 : GNU Binutils for cross-compilation for arm-none-eabi target
arm-none-eabi-gcc-cs.x86_64 : GNU GCC for cross-compilation for arm-none-eabi target
arm-none-eabi-gcc-cs-c++.x86_64 : Cross Compiling GNU GCC targeted at arm-none-eabi
arm-none-eabi-newlib.noarch : C library intended for use on arm-none-eabi embedded systems
seabios-bin.noarch : Seabios for x86
======================================= Name Matched: eabi ========================================
seabios.noarch : Open-source legacy BIOS implementation

[adamgreig]

Perhaps gdb-multiarch is available?

[Qwertie-]

It is not. Is it possible that it could have been bundled in with the main gdb package? I have been following the book and I don't seem to have had any issues while not having that package.

[ryankurte]

not at all familiar with fedora packaging but it looks like it was dropped in fedora 30 due to a failed build / missing python dependency?

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1603406

[jcrossley3]

Any suggestions for a workaround to follow the book on Fedora 30 or higher? Thanks!

[ryankurte]

it appears arm now package arm-none-eabi-gdb in their binary distributions available here, if this works for you we could update the book to offer this alternative.

[aneonlight]

It seems that this has yet to be fixed in Fedora 35.

I can try and scrape together a pull request. Although, it would break away from the package manager so I'm unsure if a general install vs Fedora specific would be better. (I can do both, just looking for a little guidance)

[tylerferrara]

I've been struggling with this and found this process to be the best method forward:

Visit the download page for the latest arm-gnu-toolchain -> https://developer.arm.com/downloads/-/arm-gnu-toolchain-downloads

export ARM_TOOLCHAIN="your-download-url"

# Download and extract to /opt
wget -qO- ${ARM_TOOLCHAIN} | tar xv -C /opt -J --transform 's!^[^/]*!arm-none-eabi!'

# Add binaries to path
echo 'export PATH="/opt/arm-none-eabi/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

# Install ncurses-libs
sudo dnf install ncurses-libs -y

# Create required libraries from latest version
sudo cp -rf /usr/lib64/libncurses.so /usr/lib64/libncurses.so.5
sudo cp -rf /usr/lib64/libncursesw.so /usr/lib64/libtinfo.so.5

Let me know if this helps anyone!

[mavjs]

I am on Fedora 37 and just started following the book. I also noticed that arm-none-eabi-gdb has be unmaintained and thus considered dead. (Ref: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/arm-none-eabi-gdb )

I have gdb version GNU gdb (GDB) Fedora Linux 12.1-6.fc37, so far I have gotten to https://docs.rust-embedded.org/book/start/hardware.html and have just used that gdb, and all the steps are working.

I took a look at gdb-multiarch PKGBUILD from ArchLinux - https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=gdb-multiarch#n27 and noticed that it has configure option of --enable-targets=all

From there, I tried to check what targets Fedora have enabled then, and noticed: --enable-targets=s390-linux-gnu,powerpc-linux-gnu,arm-linux-gnu,aarch64-linux-gnu in https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/gdb/blob/f37/f/gdb.spec#_645

I do not know a lot about the differences with arm-none-eabi-gdb, however, it seems to me we may not not it anymore(?) So perhaps, someone could confirm this is the case for them as well, and I could look at sending PR to fix Fedora parts of the installation steps in the book.

The above is running cargo run --example hello with runner = "gdb -q -x openocd.gdb" option uncommented in .cargo/config.toml