x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-ar command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-ar command not found error message

Introduction

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

x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-ar: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-ar: command not found

In Ubuntu x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-ar 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 x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-ar command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.