file2 command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix file2 command not found error message

Introduction

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

file2: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: file2: command not found

Solutions to file2: command not found

How To Fix file2: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu file2 is provided by file-kanji package.

file-kanji is:

This package contains file2 command. File2 command tests the classification of Japanese text files into JIS, UTF-8, EUC-JP, SJIS, ascii, and UNKNOWN. If the file package is installed, the file command is executed instead of UNKNOWN.

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

sudo apt-get -y install file-kanji

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

You can also use apt command to install file-kanji.

sudo apt -y install file-kanji

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

sudo aptitude install file-kanji

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix file2 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.