git-publish command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix git-publish command not found error message

Introduction

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

git-publish: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: git-publish: command not found

In Ubuntu git-publish is provided by git-publish package.

git-publish is:

git-publish prepares patches consistently and stores them as git tags for future reference.

Features:

It works with individual patches as well as patch series.
No constraints are placed on git workflow, both vanilla git commands and custom workflow scripts are compatible with git-publish.
Email sending and pull requests are fully integrated so that publishing patches can be done in a single command.
Hook scripts called during patch preparation can be used to add custom format checking or automated test runs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install git-publish

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

You can also use apt command to install git-publish.

sudo apt -y install git-publish

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

sudo aptitude install git-publish

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