m68hc11-ranlib command not found

Introduction

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

m68hc11-ranlib: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: m68hc11-ranlib: command not found

Solutions to m68hc11-ranlib: command not found

How To Fix m68hc11-ranlib: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu m68hc11-ranlib is provided by binutils-m68hc1x package.

binutils-m68hc1x is:

This package provides GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities for a specific hardware and operating system combination. You don’t need it unless you plan to cross-compile programs for it.

This package targets the Motorola’s 68HC11/12 architecture.

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

sudo apt-get -y install binutils-m68hc1x

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

You can also use apt command to install binutils-m68hc1x.

sudo apt -y install binutils-m68hc1x

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

sudo aptitude install binutils-m68hc1x

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix m68hc11-ranlib command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.