clang-tidy-diff-12.py command not found

Introduction

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

clang-tidy-diff-12.py: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: clang-tidy-diff-12.py: command not found

Solutions to clang-tidy-diff-12.py: command not found

How To Fix clang-tidy-diff-12.py: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu clang-tidy-diff-12.py is provided by clang-tidy-12 package.

clang-tidy-12 is:

Provide an extensible framework for diagnosing and fixing typical programming errors, like style violations, interface misuse, or bugs that can be deduced via static analysis. clang-tidy is modular and provides a convenient interface for writing new checks.

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

sudo apt-get -y install clang-tidy-12

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

You can also use apt command to install clang-tidy-12.

sudo apt -y install clang-tidy-12

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

sudo aptitude install clang-tidy-12

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix clang-tidy-diff-12.py command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.