x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-ranlib command not found
Introduction
When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message
x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-ranlib: command not found
or when using sudo you get the following error message
sudo: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-ranlib: command not found
Solutions to x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-ranlib: command not found
How To Fix x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-ranlib: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian
In Ubuntu x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-ranlib is provided by gcc package.
gcc is:
This is the GNU C compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C.
This is a dependency package providing the default GNU C compiler.
To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.
sudo apt-get -y install gcc
This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.
You can also use apt command to install gcc.
sudo apt -y install gcc
Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.
sudo aptitude install gcc
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to fix x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-ranlib command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.