ifuse command not found

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

Introduction

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

ifuse: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ifuse: command not found

Solutions to ifuse: command not found

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

In Ubuntu ifuse is provided by ifuse package.

ifuse is:

iFuse is a FUSE filesystem driver which uses libiphone to connect to iPhone and iPod Touch devices without needing to “jailbreak” them. iFuse uses the native Apple AFC protocol over a normal USB cable in order to access the device’s media files.

Although iFuse is now in a working state it is still under heavy development and should be considered experimental.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ifuse

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

You can also use apt command to install ifuse.

sudo apt -y install ifuse

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

sudo aptitude install ifuse

Summary

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