gocryptfs command not found

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

Introduction

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

gocryptfs: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gocryptfs: command not found

In Ubuntu gocryptfs is provided by gocryptfs package.

gocryptfs is:

gocryptfs is built on top of the excellent go-fuse (https://github.com/hanwen/go-fuse) FUSE library and its LoopbackFileSystem API.

This project was inspired by EncFS and strives to fix its security issues while providing good performance (benchmarks (https://nuetzlich.net/gocryptfs/comparison/#performance)).

For details on the security of gocryptfs see the Security (https://nuetzlich.net/gocryptfs/security/) design document.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gocryptfs

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

You can also use apt command to install gocryptfs.

sudo apt -y install gocryptfs

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

sudo aptitude install gocryptfs

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