backintime-askpass command not found

Introduction

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

backintime-askpass: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: backintime-askpass: command not found

Solutions to backintime-askpass: command not found

How To Fix backintime-askpass: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu backintime-askpass is provided by backintime-common package.

backintime-common is:

Back In Time is a framework for rsync and cron for the purpose of taking snapshots and backups of specified folders. It minimizes disk space use by taking a snapshot only if the directory has been changed, and hard links for unmodified files if it has. The user can schedule regular backups using cron.

This is the common framework for Back In Time. For a graphical interface, install backintime-qt.

To back up to SSH or encrypted filesystems, install the additional sshfs or encfs packages.

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

sudo apt-get -y install backintime-common

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

You can also use apt command to install backintime-common.

sudo apt -y install backintime-common

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

sudo aptitude install backintime-common

Summary

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