riscv64-linux-gnu-gdc command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix riscv64-linux-gnu-gdc command not found error message

Introduction

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

riscv64-linux-gnu-gdc: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: riscv64-linux-gnu-gdc: command not found

In Ubuntu riscv64-linux-gnu-gdc is provided by gdc-riscv64-linux-gnu package.

gdc-riscv64-linux-gnu is:

This is the GNU D compiler, which compiles D 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 D cross-compiler for the riscv64 architecture.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gdc-riscv64-linux-gnu

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

You can also use apt command to install gdc-riscv64-linux-gnu.

sudo apt -y install gdc-riscv64-linux-gnu

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

sudo aptitude install gdc-riscv64-linux-gnu

In this tutorial we learn how to fix riscv64-linux-gnu-gdc command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.