findent command not found

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

Introduction

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

findent: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: findent: command not found

Solutions to findent: command not found

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

In Ubuntu findent is provided by findent package.

findent is:

Indents Fortran sources: free or fixed format. Optionally converts from fixed format to free format. Optionally generates dependencies for Make, based on definition and usage of modules. Supports Fortran2008. Indentation is controlled by a number of flags. Easy integration with (g)vim, gedit, emacs.

wfindent is a wrapper for findent and facilitates in-place indenting of Fortran sources.

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

sudo apt-get -y install findent

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

You can also use apt command to install findent.

sudo apt -y install findent

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

sudo aptitude install findent

Summary

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