mips64el-linux-gnuabi64-size command not found

Introduction

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

mips64el-linux-gnuabi64-size: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mips64el-linux-gnuabi64-size: command not found

Solutions to mips64el-linux-gnuabi64-size: command not found

How To Fix mips64el-linux-gnuabi64-size: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu mips64el-linux-gnuabi64-size is provided by binutils-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64 package.

binutils-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64 is:

This package provides GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities for the mips64el-linux-gnuabi64 target.

You don’t need this package unless you plan to cross-compile programs for mips64el-linux-gnuabi64 and mips64el-linux-gnuabi64 is not your native platform.

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

sudo apt-get -y install binutils-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64

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

You can also use apt command to install binutils-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64.

sudo apt -y install binutils-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64

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

sudo aptitude install binutils-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix mips64el-linux-gnuabi64-size command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.