gtg_decompress command not found

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

Introduction

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

gtg_decompress: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gtg_decompress: command not found

In Ubuntu gtg_decompress is provided by libgtg-tools package.

libgtg-tools is:

The GTG library provides a low level library to generate execution traces in Paje or OTF formats.

This package contains tools to manipulate gtg files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgtg-tools

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

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

sudo apt -y install libgtg-tools

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

sudo aptitude install libgtg-tools

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