update-distcc-symlinks command not found

Introduction

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

update-distcc-symlinks: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: update-distcc-symlinks: command not found

Solutions to update-distcc-symlinks: command not found

How To Fix update-distcc-symlinks: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu update-distcc-symlinks is provided by distcc package.

distcc is:

distcc is a program to distribute compilation of C or C++ code across several machines on a network. distcc should always generate the same results as a local compile, is simple to install and use, and is often significantly faster than a local compile. distcc does not require all machines to share a filesystem, have synchronized clocks, or to have the same libraries or header files installed.

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

sudo apt-get -y install distcc

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

You can also use apt command to install distcc.

sudo apt -y install distcc

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

sudo aptitude install distcc

Summary

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