%general-entities; ]> Run the following command from within the binutils-build directory: make -C ld install Amend the GCC specs file: SPECFILE=`gcc --print-file specs` && sed 's@ /lib/ld-linux.so.2@ /tools/lib/ld-linux.so.2@g' \ $SPECFILE > tempspecfile && mv -f tempspecfile $SPECFILE && unset SPECFILE Make clean-up: rm -f /tools/lib/gcc/*/*/include/{pthread.h,bits/sigthread.h} Test the tools: echo 'main(){}' > dummy.c cc dummy.c readelf -l a.out | grep ': /tools' The output of the last command will be of the form: [Requesting program interpreter: /tools/lib/ld-linux.so.2] Remove the test files: rm dummy.c a.out