gir-generator command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix gir-generator command not found error message

Introduction

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

gir-generator: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gir-generator: command not found

In Ubuntu gir-generator is provided by golang-gir-generator package.

golang-gir-generator is:

This tool can generate library binding code which support gir for golang.

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

sudo apt-get -y install golang-gir-generator

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

You can also use apt command to install golang-gir-generator.

sudo apt -y install golang-gir-generator

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

sudo aptitude install golang-gir-generator

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