gcc-4.0 command not found

Introduction

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

gcc-4.0: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gcc-4.0: command not found

Solutions to gcc-4.0: command not found

How To Fix gcc-4.0: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu gcc-4.0 is provided by gcc-opt package.

gcc-opt is:

set global flags for gcc, g++

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

sudo apt-get -y install gcc-opt

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

You can also use apt command to install gcc-opt.

sudo apt -y install gcc-opt

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

sudo aptitude install gcc-opt

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix gcc-4.0 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.