botan command not found

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

Introduction

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

botan: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: botan: command not found

Solutions to botan: command not found

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

In Ubuntu botan is provided by botan package.

botan is:

Botan is a C++ library which provides support for many common cryptographic operations, including encryption, authentication, and X.509v3 certificates and CRLs. A wide variety of algorithms is supported, including RSA, DSA, DES, AES, MD5, and SHA-1.

This package contains the 2.x version of Botan.

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

sudo apt-get -y install botan

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

You can also use apt command to install botan.

sudo apt -y install botan

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

sudo aptitude install botan

Summary

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