mount.aptfs command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix mount.aptfs command not found error message

Introduction

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

mount.aptfs: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mount.aptfs: command not found

Solutions to mount.aptfs: command not found

How To Fix mount.aptfs: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu mount.aptfs is provided by aptfs package.

aptfs is:

AptFs is a FUSE-based filesystem that provides a view to unpacked Debian source packages (obtained via APT) as regular folders. Binary packages are modelled as symbolic links pointing to their respective source package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install aptfs

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

You can also use apt command to install aptfs.

sudo apt -y install aptfs

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

sudo aptitude install aptfs

Summary

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