x86_64-linux-gnu-gdc command not found

Introduction

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

x86_64-linux-gnu-gdc: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: x86_64-linux-gnu-gdc: command not found

Solutions to x86_64-linux-gnu-gdc: command not found

How To Fix x86_64-linux-gnu-gdc: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu x86_64-linux-gnu-gdc is provided by gdc package.

gdc is:

This is a dependency package providing the default D compiler. Per policy, all packages that contain D sources must use this package in their Build-Depends line.

This compiler supports D language version 2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gdc

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

You can also use apt command to install gdc.

sudo apt -y install gdc

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

sudo aptitude install gdc

Summary

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