Weird file not found in WSL

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I can open files with Vim, but i can't compile them with cc every time it says:

cc: error trying to exec 'cc1plus': execvp: No such file or directory

files are also listed in ll

A partial explanation is that the C compiler comes in many pieces; `cc1plus` is one of those pieces. For some reason, you had the `cc` piece (if you hadn’t had it, you would have gotten `cc: command not found`) but you didn’t have the `cc1plus` piece. So `cc` got that error when you ran it. And the commands Keltari gave you should install the entire C compiler. — Scott - Слава Україні, Jul 14 '18 at 19:24

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 12 '20 at 13:48

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Try the following:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install --reinstall build-essential

edited Jun 12 '20 at 13:48

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answered Jul 14 '18 at 19:12

Keltari

That worked, i would appreciate further explanations tho – Prof. MaMad Jul 14 '18 at 19:17
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@MohammadLord https://superuser.com/questions/151557/what-are-build-essential-build-dep – Keltari Jul 14 '18 at 19:52

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