arduino-ctags command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix arduino-ctags command not found error message

Introduction

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

arduino-ctags: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: arduino-ctags: command not found

In Ubuntu arduino-ctags is provided by arduino-ctags package.

arduino-ctags is:

This package is Arduino’s own mix of Exuberant Ctags and Anjuta tags.

These tags are required by the Arduino builder to properly process Arduino sketches.

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

sudo apt-get -y install arduino-ctags

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

You can also use apt command to install arduino-ctags.

sudo apt -y install arduino-ctags

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

sudo aptitude install arduino-ctags

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