clang++ command not found

Introduction

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

clang++: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: clang++: command not found

Solutions to clang++: command not found

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

In Ubuntu clang++ is provided by clang package.

clang is:

Clang project is a C, C++, Objective C and Objective C++ front-end for the LLVM compiler. Its goal is to offer a replacement to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC).

Clang implements all of the ISO C++ 1998, 11 and 14 standards and also provides most of the support of C++17.

This is a dependency package providing the default clang compiler.

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

sudo apt-get -y install clang

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

You can also use apt command to install clang.

sudo apt -y install clang

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

sudo aptitude install clang

Summary

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