Could not find executable for GCC_ARM

[dpilcher (David Pilcher)]

Hi

I installed ARM GCC from here: Downloads | GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain Downloads – Arm Developer

Changed the toolset per here: Switching to GCC - Installing | Mbed Studio Documentation

I can open a ‘gcc command prompt’ and running ’ arm-none-eabi-gcc’ works from that prompt.

Now when I build in the Studio I get this error:

Could not find executable for GCC_ARM.
Currently set search path: No path set

I did set the appropriate path (in unix format) for the install path. Only the release name was different.

Any ideas what path is not set?

[arekzaluski (Arkadiusz Zaluski)]

Hi David,

Would you mind answering few questions? It will help us investigate this issue.

1. What platform are you on? Is it a Windows, Mac or Linux?
2. Are you using Mbed Studio 1.0.0?
3. Can you share a path you put in external-tools.json? It needs to point at bin folder inside downloaded GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain.

Thanks,
Arek - Mbed Studio team

[dpilcher (David Pilcher)]

@arekzaluski

• What platform are you on? Is it a Windows, Mac or Linux?

Windows

• Are you using Mbed Studio 1.0.0?

Yes

• Can you share a path you put in external-tools.json ? It needs to point at bin folder inside downloaded GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain.

“gcc”: “C:/Program Files (x86)/GNU Tools ARM Embedded/9 2020-q2-update/bin”

Please see above.

[dpilcher (David Pilcher)]

Ok, so I thought answer was… set an OS environment variable.

MBED_GCC_ARM_PATH
to
C:/Program Files (x86)/GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain/9 2020-q2-update/bin
(or appropriate version)

If I paste the build command into a CMD prompt, it builds with this but the UI doesn’t