make problem Syntax error: "(" unexpected

[Hudzilla55]

Using a fresh Ubuntu 15.04 installation running on VMware on OSx

Here is what I did:

sudo apt-get install bc (was already installed)
git clone https://github.com/raspberrypi/tools
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux
cd linux
KERNEL=kernel7
make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- bcm2709_defconfig
make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf-

results in the error from gcc of:
arm-bcm2708/gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-raspbian-x64/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

I'm seeing this has been reported in the past but no resolutions have been given.
Could someone give me a clue?

[popcornmix]

What do the following report:

which arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc
arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc -v
file `which arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc`

[EsdrasXavier]

Same issue here.

Outputs:

• which arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ which arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc

• arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc -v

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/6/lto-wrapper
Target: arm-linux-gnueabihf
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Raspbian 6.3.0-18+rpi1+deb9u1' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-6/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-6 --program-prefix=arm-linux-gnueabihf- --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-libitm --disable-libquadmath --enable-plugin --with-system-zlib --disable-browser-plugin --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-gtk-cairo --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-6-armhf/jre --enable-java-home --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-6-armhf --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-6-armhf --with-arch-directory=arm --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-target-system-zlib --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-multiarch --disable-sjlj-exceptions --with-arch=armv6 --with-fpu=vfp --with-float=hard --enable-checking=release --build=arm-linux-gnueabihf --host=arm-linux-gnueabihf --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf
Thread model: posix
gcc version 6.3.0 20170516 (Raspbian 6.3.0-18+rpi1+deb9u1)

• file `which arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc`

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ file `which arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc`
/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc: symbolic link to gcc-6

If someone could help I would appreciate.

[popcornmix]

It looks like you are trying to use this compiler on a Pi.
arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc is a cross compiler that runs on a x86 PC (e.g. running Ubuntu) but produces arm code.
To compile kernel on a Pi you don't need a cross compiler - just the native gcc is needed.
Follow this: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/linux/kernel/building.md
(local building, not cross compiling)

[EsdrasXavier]

The point is, I'm not trying to build the kernel. I was trying to compile QT5, and I was following this guide. Second the guide I must use cross compile:

In order to properly run configure for Qt5 on the Raspberry Pi, you need to point the CROSS_COMPILE variable to the native compiler located at /usr/bin/g+. The CROSS_COMPILE parameter is the path to the compiler (without the g). If you do not do this properly it will complain that it is not being cross compiled.

But I'm not sure how to compile it and I found in somewhere in the internet were was told to user the Pi Tools to do it, I think maybe that's another issue about QT5 and not about the Pi Tools. Sorry about that