sh-elf-gprof command not found

Introduction

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

sh-elf-gprof: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: sh-elf-gprof: command not found

Solutions to sh-elf-gprof: command not found

How To Fix sh-elf-gprof: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu sh-elf-gprof is provided by binutils-sh-elf package.

binutils-sh-elf is:

This package provides GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities for a specific hardware and operating system combination. You don’t need it unless you plan to cross-compile programs for it.

This package targets bare-metal SuperH devices, including all CPUs SH-1 through SH-4a.

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

sudo apt-get -y install binutils-sh-elf

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

You can also use apt command to install binutils-sh-elf.

sudo apt -y install binutils-sh-elf

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

sudo aptitude install binutils-sh-elf

Summary

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