powerpc-linux-gnu-gccgo command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix powerpc-linux-gnu-gccgo command not found error message

Introduction

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

powerpc-linux-gnu-gccgo: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: powerpc-linux-gnu-gccgo: command not found

In Ubuntu powerpc-linux-gnu-gccgo is provided by gccgo-powerpc-linux-gnu package.

gccgo-powerpc-linux-gnu is:

This is the GNU Go compiler, which compiles Go on platforms supported by the gcc compiler. It uses the gcc backend to generate optimized code.

This is a dependency package providing the default GNU Go cross-compiler for the powerpc architecture.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gccgo-powerpc-linux-gnu

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

You can also use apt command to install gccgo-powerpc-linux-gnu.

sudo apt -y install gccgo-powerpc-linux-gnu

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

sudo aptitude install gccgo-powerpc-linux-gnu

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