stackprof-gprof2dot.py command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix stackprof-gprof2dot.py command not found error message

Introduction

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

stackprof-gprof2dot.py: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: stackprof-gprof2dot.py: command not found

In Ubuntu stackprof-gprof2dot.py is provided by ruby-stackprof package.

ruby-stackprof is:

stackprof is a fast sampling profiler for ruby code, with cpu, wallclock and object allocation samplers.

Inspired heavily by gperftools, and written as a replacement for perftools.rb.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-stackprof

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

You can also use apt command to install ruby-stackprof.

sudo apt -y install ruby-stackprof

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

sudo aptitude install ruby-stackprof

In this tutorial we learn how to fix stackprof-gprof2dot.py command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.