x86_64-w64-mingw32-strip command not found

Introduction

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

x86_64-w64-mingw32-strip: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: x86_64-w64-mingw32-strip: command not found

Solutions to x86_64-w64-mingw32-strip: command not found

How To Fix x86_64-w64-mingw32-strip: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu x86_64-w64-mingw32-strip is provided by binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64 package.

binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64 is:

MinGW-w64 provides a development and runtime environment for 32- and 64-bit (x86 and x64) Windows applications using the Windows API and the GNU Compiler Collection (gcc).

This package contains the toolchain binutils targeting 64-bit Windows.

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

sudo apt-get -y install binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64

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

You can also use apt command to install binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64.

sudo apt -y install binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64

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

sudo aptitude install binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix x86_64-w64-mingw32-strip command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.