x86_64-linux-gnu-gcov-tool-10 command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix x86_64-linux-gnu-gcov-tool-10 command not found error message

Introduction

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

x86_64-linux-gnu-gcov-tool-10: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcov-tool-10: command not found

In Ubuntu x86_64-linux-gnu-gcov-tool-10 is provided by gcc-10 package.

gcc-10 is:

This is the GNU C compiler, a fairly portable optimizing compiler for C.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gcc-10

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

You can also use apt command to install gcc-10.

sudo apt -y install gcc-10

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

sudo aptitude install gcc-10

In this tutorial we learn how to fix x86_64-linux-gnu-gcov-tool-10 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.