msp430-ranlib command not found

Introduction

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

msp430-ranlib: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: msp430-ranlib: command not found

Solutions to msp430-ranlib: command not found

How To Fix msp430-ranlib: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu msp430-ranlib is provided by binutils-msp430 package.

binutils-msp430 is:

The programs in this package are used to manipulate binary and object files that may have been created for TI’s MSP430 architecture. This package is primarily intended for MSP430 developers and cross-compilers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install binutils-msp430

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

You can also use apt command to install binutils-msp430.

sudo apt -y install binutils-msp430

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

sudo aptitude install binutils-msp430

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix msp430-ranlib command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.