i686-w64-mingw32-gcov-win32 command not found

Introduction

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

i686-w64-mingw32-gcov-win32: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: i686-w64-mingw32-gcov-win32: command not found

Solutions to i686-w64-mingw32-gcov-win32: command not found

How To Fix i686-w64-mingw32-gcov-win32: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu i686-w64-mingw32-gcov-win32 is provided by gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32 package.

gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32 is:

MinGW-w64 provides a development and runtime environment for 32- and 64-bit (x86 and x64) Windows applications using the Windows API and the GNU Compiler Collection (gcc).

This package contains the C compiler, supporting cross-compiling to 32-bit MinGW-w64 targets, using the Win32 threading model.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32

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

You can also use apt command to install gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32.

sudo apt -y install gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32

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

sudo aptitude install gcc-mingw-w64-i686-win32

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix i686-w64-mingw32-gcov-win32 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.