Sir…look here:
torx@forket:~$ {CC}gcc --version
{CC}gcc: command not found
torx@forket:~$ gcc --version
gcc (Ubuntu 7.4.0-1ubuntu1~18.04) 7.4.0
Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
I am not sure how to get the CC on my desktop machine for compiling. I C & P the instructions and directions.
Seth
P.S. I think the cross compiler is not on my machine for some reason.