soapcpp2 command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix soapcpp2 command not found error message

Introduction

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

soapcpp2: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: soapcpp2: command not found

In Ubuntu soapcpp2 is provided by gsoap package.

gsoap is:

The gSOAP toolkit provides a unique SOAP-to-C/C++ language binding for the development of SOAP Web Services and clients. Stub generators.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gsoap

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

You can also use apt command to install gsoap.

sudo apt -y install gsoap

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

sudo aptitude install gsoap

In this tutorial we learn how to fix soapcpp2 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.