ghdl command not found

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

Introduction

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

ghdl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ghdl: command not found

Solutions to ghdl: command not found

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

In Ubuntu ghdl is provided by ghdl-common package.

ghdl-common is:

GHDL is a compiler and simulator for VHDL, a Hardware Description Language. GHDL is not an interpreter: it allows you to analyse and elaborate sources to generate machine code from your design. Native program execution is the only way for high speed simulation.

This package contains common files for the GHDL compiler packages.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ghdl-common

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

You can also use apt command to install ghdl-common.

sudo apt -y install ghdl-common

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

sudo aptitude install ghdl-common

Summary

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