addresstool command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix addresstool command not found error message

Introduction

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

addresstool: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: addresstool: command not found

Solutions to addresstool: command not found

How To Fix addresstool: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu addresstool is provided by addresses-goodies-for-gnustep package.

addresses-goodies-for-gnustep is:

This package contains a couple of things that might be of use: adgnumailconverter A tool that will merge your GNUMail address book into the Addresses database.

adserver A stand-alone Addresses network server.

adtool A command-line tool for address database manipulation.

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

sudo apt-get -y install addresses-goodies-for-gnustep

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

You can also use apt command to install addresses-goodies-for-gnustep.

sudo apt -y install addresses-goodies-for-gnustep

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

sudo aptitude install addresses-goodies-for-gnustep

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix addresstool command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.