gyp command not found

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

Introduction

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

gyp: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gyp: command not found

Solutions to gyp: command not found

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

In Ubuntu gyp is provided by gyp package.

gyp is:

GYP (Generate Your Projects) is a tool to generate native Visual Studio, Xcode, SCons and make build files from a description of a project in a simple JSON-inspired format. Its syntax is a universal cross-platform build representation that still allows sufficient per-platform flexibility to accommodate irreconcilable differences.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gyp

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

You can also use apt command to install gyp.

sudo apt -y install gyp

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

sudo aptitude install gyp

Summary

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