Compiling the BeagleBone Black Kernel The following contains instructions for building the BeagleBone Black kernel on Ubuntu 15.04. Prerequisites ARM Cross Compiler To compile the linux kernel for the BeagleBone Black, you must first have an ARM cross compiler installed. I use gcc version 4.7.4 that ships with Ubuntu 15.04. To install the compiler run: sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi GI