asn1_compile command not found

Introduction

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

asn1_compile: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: asn1_compile: command not found

Solutions to asn1_compile: command not found

How To Fix asn1_compile: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu asn1_compile is provided by heimdal-multidev package.

heimdal-multidev is:

Heimdal is a free implementation of Kerberos 5 that aims to be compatible with MIT Kerberos.

This package provides versions of the Heimdal development files that can be installed along-side MIT Kerberos development files. Normally, heimdal-dev should be used. However if a package needs to build against both Heimdal Kerberos and MIT Kerberos, then the multidev package should be used.

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

sudo apt-get -y install heimdal-multidev

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

You can also use apt command to install heimdal-multidev.

sudo apt -y install heimdal-multidev

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

sudo aptitude install heimdal-multidev

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix asn1_compile command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.