grpc_tools_ruby_protoc command not found

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

Introduction

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

grpc_tools_ruby_protoc: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: grpc_tools_ruby_protoc: command not found

In Ubuntu grpc_tools_ruby_protoc is provided by ruby-grpc-tools package.

ruby-grpc-tools is:

Ruby gRPC library allows sending RPCs from Ruby using GRPC. GRPC is a high performance, open-source universal RPC framework.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-grpc-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install ruby-grpc-tools.

sudo apt -y install ruby-grpc-tools

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

sudo aptitude install ruby-grpc-tools

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