elementary_codegen command not found

Introduction

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

elementary_codegen: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: elementary_codegen: command not found

Solutions to elementary_codegen: command not found

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

In Ubuntu elementary_codegen is provided by libelementary-bin package.

libelementary-bin is:

Elementary is a widget set based on the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries, primarily aimed at creating graphical user interfaces for mobile and embedded devices.

This is part of the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries (EFL).

This package contains the elementary_config program and tools to assist in the development & debugging of elementary programs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libelementary-bin

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

You can also use apt command to install libelementary-bin.

sudo apt -y install libelementary-bin

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

sudo aptitude install libelementary-bin

Summary

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