x86_64-linux-gnu-accel-nvptx-none-gcc command not found

Introduction

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

x86_64-linux-gnu-accel-nvptx-none-gcc: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: x86_64-linux-gnu-accel-nvptx-none-gcc: command not found

Solutions to x86_64-linux-gnu-accel-nvptx-none-gcc: command not found

How To Fix x86_64-linux-gnu-accel-nvptx-none-gcc: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu x86_64-linux-gnu-accel-nvptx-none-gcc is provided by gcc-offload-nvptx package.

gcc-offload-nvptx is:

This package contains libgomp plugin for offloading to NVidia PTX. The plugin needs libcuda.so.1 shared library that has to be installed separately.

This is a dependency package providing the default Nvidia PTX compiler.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gcc-offload-nvptx

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

You can also use apt command to install gcc-offload-nvptx.

sudo apt -y install gcc-offload-nvptx

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

sudo aptitude install gcc-offload-nvptx

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix x86_64-linux-gnu-accel-nvptx-none-gcc command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.