batcat command not found

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

Introduction

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

batcat: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: batcat: command not found

In Ubuntu batcat is provided by bat package.

bat is:

bat is a drop-in cat(1) replacement featuring:

In this package the executable and its manpage have been renamed from ‘bat’ to ‘batcat’ because of a file name clash with another Debian package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install bat

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

You can also use apt command to install bat.

sudo apt -y install bat

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

sudo aptitude install bat

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