cross-gcc-gensource command not found

Introduction

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

cross-gcc-gensource: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: cross-gcc-gensource: command not found

Solutions to cross-gcc-gensource: command not found

How To Fix cross-gcc-gensource: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu cross-gcc-gensource is provided by cross-gcc-dev package.

cross-gcc-dev is:

This package provides the rules and scripts for making cross-toolchain packages. It can also be used directly to make cross-toolchains that are not packaged for the archive.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cross-gcc-dev

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

You can also use apt command to install cross-gcc-dev.

sudo apt -y install cross-gcc-dev

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

sudo aptitude install cross-gcc-dev

Summary

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