xtensa-lx106-elf-gcc-ar command not found

Introduction

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

xtensa-lx106-elf-gcc-ar: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xtensa-lx106-elf-gcc-ar: command not found

Solutions to xtensa-lx106-elf-gcc-ar: command not found

How To Fix xtensa-lx106-elf-gcc-ar: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu xtensa-lx106-elf-gcc-ar is provided by gcc-xtensa-lx106 package.

gcc-xtensa-lx106 is:

Bare metal C cross compiler for chips using the Xtensa lx106 core, such as the Espressif ESP8266 wireless SoCs. This package is primarily for those developing for the ESP8266 platform and is not needed by normal users or developers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gcc-xtensa-lx106

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

You can also use apt command to install gcc-xtensa-lx106.

sudo apt -y install gcc-xtensa-lx106

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

sudo aptitude install gcc-xtensa-lx106

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix xtensa-lx106-elf-gcc-ar command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.