mkc_compiler_settings command not found

Introduction

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

mkc_compiler_settings: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mkc_compiler_settings: command not found

Solutions to mkc_compiler_settings: command not found

How To Fix mkc_compiler_settings: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu mkc_compiler_settings is provided by mk-configure package.

mk-configure is:

mk-configure is a lightweight easy-to-use replacement for GNU autotools, written in bmake (portable version of NetBSD make) and POSIX tools (shell, awk etc).

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

sudo apt-get -y install mk-configure

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

You can also use apt command to install mk-configure.

sudo apt -y install mk-configure

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

sudo aptitude install mk-configure

Summary

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