claws-mail command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix claws-mail command not found error message

Introduction

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

claws-mail: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: claws-mail: command not found

Solutions to claws-mail: command not found

How To Fix claws-mail: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu claws-mail is provided by claws-mail package.

claws-mail is:

Claws Mail is a powerful and full-featured mail client formerly called Sylpheed-Claws. It is also extensible using loadable plugins, which can provide support for additional features, like other storage formats, feed reader, calendar management, mail filtering, etc.

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

sudo apt-get -y install claws-mail

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

You can also use apt command to install claws-mail.

sudo apt -y install claws-mail

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

sudo aptitude install claws-mail

Summary

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