compiler_test command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

compiler_test: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: compiler_test: command not found

Solutions to compiler_test: command not found

How To Fix compiler_test: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu compiler_test is provided by csmith package.

csmith is:

Csmith is a tool that can generate random C programs that statically and dynamically conform to the C99 standard. Thus, it is useful for stress-testing compilers, static analyzers, and other tools that process C code.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install csmith

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install csmith.

sudo apt -y install csmith

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install csmith

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix compiler_test command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.