authbind command not found

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

Introduction

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

authbind: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: authbind: command not found

In Ubuntu authbind is provided by authbind package.

authbind is:

This package allows a package to be started as non-root but still bind to low ports, without any changes to the application.

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

sudo apt-get -y install authbind

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

You can also use apt command to install authbind.

sudo apt -y install authbind

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

sudo aptitude install authbind

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