ident command not found

Introduction

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

ident: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ident: command not found

Solutions to ident: command not found

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

In Ubuntu ident is provided by rcs package.

rcs is:

The Revision Control System (RCS) manages multiple revisions of files. RCS automates the storing, retrieval, logging, identification, and merging of revisions. RCS is useful for text that is revised frequently, for example programs, documentation, graphics, papers, and form letters.

Note: this package contains certain general-purpose commands (such as merge or ident) which may used by other programs installed on your system.

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

sudo apt-get -y install rcs

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

You can also use apt command to install rcs.

sudo apt -y install rcs

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

sudo aptitude install rcs

Summary

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