What is this GCC error on Linux, and how do I solve it? gcc: internal compiler error: Illegal instruction (program as)

Question

I type gcc hello.c and this appears:

gcc: internal compiler error: Illegal instruction (program as)
Please submit a full bug report,
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Answer 1

Got similar problem.

But it happened after move of VirtualBox image (with Xubuntu 16.04/gcc-5) from Haswell based machine to Sandy Bridge. Problem was somewhere in build-essential / gcc / binutils packages. I reinstalled all of them (with apt remove and apt install - no oneshot reinstall) - it helped.