ode-config command not found

Introduction

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

ode-config: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ode-config: command not found

Solutions to ode-config: command not found

How To Fix ode-config: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ode-config is provided by libode-dev package.

libode-dev is:

ODE is a free, industrial quality library for simulating articulated rigid body dynamics - for example ground vehicles, legged creatures, and moving objects in VR environments. It is fast, flexible, robust and platform independent, with advanced joints, contact with friction, and built-in collision detection.

This package provides the header files and static libraries built with double precision, default in 64 bits platforms. In 32 bits platforms default is single precision.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libode-dev

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

You can also use apt command to install libode-dev.

sudo apt -y install libode-dev

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

sudo aptitude install libode-dev

Summary

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