fcomp command not found

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

Introduction

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

fcomp: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: fcomp: command not found

In Ubuntu fcomp is provided by fhist package.

fhist is:

The fhist package contains 3 utilities fhist - a file history tool fcomp - a file comparison tool fmerge - a file merging tool

All three are bundled together, because they all use the same minimal-difference algorithm.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fhist

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

You can also use apt command to install fhist.

sudo apt -y install fhist

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

sudo aptitude install fhist

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