decopy command not found

Introduction

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

decopy: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: decopy: command not found

Solutions to decopy: command not found

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

In Ubuntu decopy is provided by decopy package.

decopy is:

Decopy automates writing and updating the debian/copyright file.

It reads all files in the source tree, analyzes the licenses and copyright messages included and generates the corresponding debian/copyright file. When the file already exists, decopy parses it to generate a more complete output.

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

sudo apt-get -y install decopy

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

You can also use apt command to install decopy.

sudo apt -y install decopy

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

sudo aptitude install decopy

Summary

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