Resolving GCC command not found errors in Bash
The GNU Compiler Collection, also known as GCC, includes compilers and development tools for Linux, Windows, and other operating systems.
This article will discuss installing GCC and resolving errors in Linux Bash bash: gcc: command not found.
You can use the GCC tool to compile programs written in languages such as C. If you receive an error when using this command bash: gcc: command not found, the GCC tool is not installed correctly.
The rest of this article explains how to download the GCC tools.
Installing GCC tools for Linux
Use the following commands to install GCC tools on different operating systems.
For Arch Linux/Manjaro
Install the entire package, including the GCC tools.
sudo pacman -S base-devel
Alternatively, you can install just the GCC package.
sudo pacman -S gcc
For Ubuntu
Install the entire package, including the GCC tools.
sudo apt install build-essential
Alternatively, you can install just the GCC package.
sudo apt install gcc
Installing GCC Tools for Cygwin
First, you need to download it from here Cygwin setup-x86_64.exeand launch it.
Press the Next button until you see the Cygwin Installation - Select Packages box and make settings, such as selecting the desired root directory for the installation.
Type in the Search box gcc, find the package in the Package column of the list gcc-core, and change the combo box in the New column from Skip to the GCC version.
After clicking the Next button, you will see Cygwin Installation - Review and confirm changesthe dialog. If you notice gcc-coreother packages besides , you can leave them unchanged, but make sure gcc-coreappears in the list of changes.
If you still get the error after installing bash: gcc: command not found, ;C:\cygwin64\binadd to your PATH environment variable.
You can successfully install the GCC tools using the one that works best for you among these options. To check the installation, check the version of the tools.
gcc --version
If you can view the version information correctly, you can use gccthe command to compile the code file.
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