mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabi64-ar command not found

Introduction

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

mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabi64-ar: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabi64-ar: command not found

Solutions to mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabi64-ar: command not found

How To Fix mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabi64-ar: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabi64-ar is provided by binutils-mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabi64 package.

binutils-mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabi64 is:

This package provides GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities for the mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabi64 target.

You don’t need this package unless you plan to cross-compile programs for mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabi64 and mipsisa64r6el-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-mipsisa64r6el-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-mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabi64.

sudo apt -y install binutils-mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabi64

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

sudo aptitude install binutils-mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabi64

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabi64-ar command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.