hpls command not found

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

Introduction

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

hpls: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: hpls: command not found

Solutions to hpls: command not found

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

In Ubuntu hpls is provided by hfsplus package.

hfsplus is:

HFS+ is a modernized version of Apple Computers HFS Filesystem. Nowadays, it is widely used with more recent versions of MacOS. hfsplus consists of a library and a set of tools that allow access to HFS+ volumes.

This package contains the tools themselves.

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

sudo apt-get -y install hfsplus

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

You can also use apt command to install hfsplus.

sudo apt -y install hfsplus

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

sudo aptitude install hfsplus

Summary

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