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M Saad Sajid
M Saad Sajid

Reputation: 713

linker `cc` not found,

After installing First time rust on ubuntu try to run this program.

fn main() {
    println!("Hello, world!");
}

Error:

$ cargo run
   Compiling test1 v0.1.0 (/home/saad/Documents/Rust/test1)
error: linker `cc` not found
  |
  = note: No such file or directory (os error 2)

error: aborting due to previous error

error: could not compile `test1`.

Upvotes: 32

Views: 21218

Answers (3)

Anand Raja
Anand Raja

Reputation: 3108

This error happens mostly either linux or wsl. You can fix it by running the following command :

sudo apt install build-essential

If still issue persists, please go on to install gcc as below

sudo apt-get install gcc

If gcc ended with some error, please go on with the following command also (This is purely optional only)

apt-get update --fix-missing

Upvotes: 5

M Saad Sajid
M Saad Sajid

Reputation: 713

As mentioned in the message, the linker 'cc' is missing. You can install it using apt-get:

sudo apt-get install gcc

After the installation completes, the problem should be solved.

Upvotes: 38

Newbyte
Newbyte

Reputation: 3252

Your system is missing a C linker, which Rustup assumes that you already have. You can install one (among other potentially useful tools, like make) via the following command:

sudo apt install build-essential

Upvotes: 9

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