i386-pc-msdosdjgpp-ar command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix i386-pc-msdosdjgpp-ar command not found error message

Introduction

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

i386-pc-msdosdjgpp-ar: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: i386-pc-msdosdjgpp-ar: command not found

In Ubuntu i386-pc-msdosdjgpp-ar is provided by binutils-djgpp package.

binutils-djgpp is:

DJGPP provides a development and runtime environment for 32-bit DOS applications using a specific C library and the GNU Compiler Collection (gcc).

This package contains the toolchain binutils targeting 32-bit DOS.

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

sudo apt-get -y install binutils-djgpp

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

You can also use apt command to install binutils-djgpp.

sudo apt -y install binutils-djgpp

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

sudo aptitude install binutils-djgpp

In this tutorial we learn how to fix i386-pc-msdosdjgpp-ar command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.