x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu-ld command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu-ld command not found error message

Introduction

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

x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu-ld: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu-ld: command not found

In Ubuntu x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu-ld is provided by binutils-x86-64-kfreebsd-gnu package.

binutils-x86-64-kfreebsd-gnu is:

This package provides GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities for the x86-64-kfreebsd-gnu target.

You don’t need this package unless you plan to cross-compile programs for x86-64-kfreebsd-gnu and x86-64-kfreebsd-gnu is not your native platform.

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

sudo apt-get -y install binutils-x86-64-kfreebsd-gnu

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

You can also use apt command to install binutils-x86-64-kfreebsd-gnu.

sudo apt -y install binutils-x86-64-kfreebsd-gnu

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

sudo aptitude install binutils-x86-64-kfreebsd-gnu

In this tutorial we learn how to fix x86_64-kfreebsd-gnu-ld command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.