apticron command not found

Introduction

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

apticron: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: apticron: command not found

Solutions to apticron: command not found

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

In Ubuntu apticron is provided by apticron package.

apticron is:

Apticron is a simple script which sends daily emails about pending package updates such as security updates, properly handling packages on hold both by dselect and aptitude.

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

sudo apt-get -y install apticron

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

You can also use apt command to install apticron.

sudo apt -y install apticron

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

sudo aptitude install apticron

Summary

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