getmail_fetch command not found

Introduction

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

getmail_fetch: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: getmail_fetch: command not found

Solutions to getmail_fetch: command not found

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

In Ubuntu getmail_fetch is provided by getmail6 package.

getmail6 is:

getmail6 is intended as a simple replacement for fetchmail. It retrieves mail (either all messages, or only unread messages) from one or more POP3/IMAP4/SDPS servers for one or more email accounts, and reliably delivers into a qmail-style Maildir, mbox file or to a command (pipe delivery) like maildrop or procmail, specified on a per-account basis. getmail6 also has support for domain (multidrop) mailboxes.

Supported protocols: POP3, POP3-over-SSL, IMAP4, IMAP4-over-SSL, and SDPS mail.

getmail6 is based on getmail with adaptations for Python3.

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

sudo apt-get -y install getmail6

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

You can also use apt command to install getmail6.

sudo apt -y install getmail6

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

sudo aptitude install getmail6

Summary

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