lowdown command not found

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

Introduction

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

lowdown: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: lowdown: command not found

Solutions to lowdown: command not found

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

In Ubuntu lowdown is provided by lowdown package.

lowdown is:

Lowdown is a Markdown translator producing HTML5, roff documents in the ms and man formats, LaTeX, gemini, and terminal output.

Beyond traditional Markdown syntax support, lowdown supports the following Markdown features and extensions:

  • autolinking
  • fenced code
  • tables
  • superscripts
  • footnotes
  • disabled inline HTML
  • “smart typography”
  • metadata
  • commonmark (in progress)
  • definition lists
  • extended image attributes

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

sudo apt-get -y install lowdown

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

You can also use apt command to install lowdown.

sudo apt -y install lowdown

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

sudo aptitude install lowdown

Summary

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