wibble-test-genrunner command not found

Introduction

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

wibble-test-genrunner: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: wibble-test-genrunner: command not found

Solutions to wibble-test-genrunner: command not found

How To Fix wibble-test-genrunner: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu wibble-test-genrunner is provided by libwibble-dev package.

libwibble-dev is:

libwibble collects the foundation code that has been used over time in various C++ projects by Peter Rockai and Enrico Zini, so that it can be maintained properly and in a single place.

The code has minimal dependencies, a test suite, and can be used either as an external library or embedded in projects based on either cmake or autotools.

The library contains:

• an exception hierarchy;
• various useful mixin classes;
• shortcuts for set operations;
• a featureful self-documenting commandline parser that also supports cvs/svn-style subcommands;
• two different unit-testing system, a tut-based and a custom one;
• a non-intrusive polymorphic envelope;
• a logging system;
• string functions, like splitting, path manipulation, regular expressions and word wrapping;
• system functions, like directory iteration, file manipulation, process control, thread functions;
• gregorian calendar operations.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libwibble-dev

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

You can also use apt command to install libwibble-dev.

sudo apt -y install libwibble-dev

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

sudo aptitude install libwibble-dev

Summary

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