gmock_gen command not found

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

Introduction

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

gmock_gen: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gmock_gen: command not found

In Ubuntu gmock_gen is provided by googletest-tools package.

googletest-tools is:

This package provides tools to be used with Google Test and/or Google Mock.

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

sudo apt-get -y install googletest-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install googletest-tools.

sudo apt -y install googletest-tools

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

sudo aptitude install googletest-tools

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