hppa-linux-gnu-c++filt command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix hppa-linux-gnu-c++filt command not found error message

Introduction

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

hppa-linux-gnu-c++filt: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: hppa-linux-gnu-c++filt: command not found

In Ubuntu hppa-linux-gnu-c++filt is provided by binutils-hppa-linux-gnu package.

binutils-hppa-linux-gnu is:

This package provides GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities for the hppa-linux-gnu target.

You don’t need this package unless you plan to cross-compile programs for hppa-linux-gnu and hppa-linux-gnu is not your native platform.

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

sudo apt-get -y install binutils-hppa-linux-gnu

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

You can also use apt command to install binutils-hppa-linux-gnu.

sudo apt -y install binutils-hppa-linux-gnu

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

sudo aptitude install binutils-hppa-linux-gnu

In this tutorial we learn how to fix hppa-linux-gnu-c++filt command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.