ld.gold command not found

Introduction

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

ld.gold: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ld.gold: command not found

Solutions to ld.gold: command not found

How To Fix ld.gold: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ld.gold is provided by binutils package.

binutils is:

The programs in this package are used to assemble, link and manipulate binary and object files. They may be used in conjunction with a compiler and various libraries to build programs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install binutils

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

You can also use apt command to install binutils.

sudo apt -y install binutils

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

sudo aptitude install binutils

Summary

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