gcov command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix gcov command not found error message

Introduction

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

gcov: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gcov: command not found

In Ubuntu gcov is provided by gcc package.

gcc is:

This is the GNU C compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C.

This is a dependency package providing the default GNU C compiler.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gcc

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

You can also use apt command to install gcc.

sudo apt -y install gcc

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

sudo aptitude install gcc

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