extract_compressed_fs command not found

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

Introduction

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

extract_compressed_fs: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: extract_compressed_fs: command not found

In Ubuntu extract_compressed_fs is provided by cloop-utils package.

cloop-utils is:

Utilities for creating and unpacking compressed loopback files for cloop.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cloop-utils

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

You can also use apt command to install cloop-utils.

sudo apt -y install cloop-utils

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

sudo aptitude install cloop-utils

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