cup command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix cup command not found error message

Introduction

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

cup: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: cup: command not found

Solutions to cup: command not found

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

In Ubuntu cup is provided by cup package.

cup is:

CUP is the “Constructor of Useful Parsers”, a system for generating parsers from simple LALR specifications. It serves the same role as the widely used program YACC and in fact offers most of the features of YACC. However, CUP is written in Java, uses specifications including embedded Java code, and produces parsers which are implemented in Java.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cup

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

You can also use apt command to install cup.

sudo apt -y install cup

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

sudo aptitude install cup

Summary

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