x86_64-linux-gnux32-gcov-9 command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix x86_64-linux-gnux32-gcov-9 command not found error message

Introduction

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

x86_64-linux-gnux32-gcov-9: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: x86_64-linux-gnux32-gcov-9: command not found

In Ubuntu x86_64-linux-gnux32-gcov-9 is provided by gcc-9-x86-64-linux-gnux32 package.

gcc-9-x86-64-linux-gnux32 is:

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

This package contains C cross-compiler for x32 architecture.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gcc-9-x86-64-linux-gnux32

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

You can also use apt command to install gcc-9-x86-64-linux-gnux32.

sudo apt -y install gcc-9-x86-64-linux-gnux32

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

sudo aptitude install gcc-9-x86-64-linux-gnux32

In this tutorial we learn how to fix x86_64-linux-gnux32-gcov-9 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.