i686-w64-mingw32-ld command not found

Introduction

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

i686-w64-mingw32-ld: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: i686-w64-mingw32-ld: command not found

Solutions to i686-w64-mingw32-ld: command not found

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

In Ubuntu i686-w64-mingw32-ld is provided by binutils-mingw-w64-i686 package.

binutils-mingw-w64-i686 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 toolchain binutils targeting 32-bit Windows.

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

sudo apt-get -y install binutils-mingw-w64-i686

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

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

sudo apt -y install binutils-mingw-w64-i686

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

sudo aptitude install binutils-mingw-w64-i686

Summary

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