goobook command not found

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

Introduction

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

goobook: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: goobook: command not found

In Ubuntu goobook is provided by goobook package.

goobook is:

GooBook is a command-line interface to Google contacts which supports:

Searching contacts
Adding new contacts
Mutt integration GooBook is written in Python and is designed for use with MUAs such as Mutt in the same way as abook.

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

sudo apt-get -y install goobook

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

You can also use apt command to install goobook.

sudo apt -y install goobook

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

sudo aptitude install goobook

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