avr-gcov command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix avr-gcov command not found error message

Introduction

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

avr-gcov: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: avr-gcov: command not found

In Ubuntu avr-gcov is provided by gcc-avr package.

gcc-avr is:

This is the GNU C compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler which supports multiple languages. This package includes support for C.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gcc-avr

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

You can also use apt command to install gcc-avr.

sudo apt -y install gcc-avr

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

sudo aptitude install gcc-avr

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