gccgo command not found

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

Introduction

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

gccgo: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gccgo: command not found

In Ubuntu gccgo is provided by gccgo package.

gccgo is:

This is the GNU Go compiler, which compiles Go on platforms supported by the gcc compiler. It uses the gcc backend to generate optimized code.

This is a dependency package providing the default GNU Go compiler.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gccgo

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

You can also use apt command to install gccgo.

sudo apt -y install gccgo

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

sudo aptitude install gccgo

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