g++ command not found

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

Introduction

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

g++: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: g++: command not found

In Ubuntu g++ is provided by g++ package.

g++ is:

This is the GNU C++ compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C++.

This is a dependency package providing the default GNU C++ compiler.

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

sudo apt-get -y install g++

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

You can also use apt command to install g++.

sudo apt -y install g++

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

sudo aptitude install g++

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