paperwork-json command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix paperwork-json command not found error message

Introduction

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

paperwork-json: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: paperwork-json: command not found

In Ubuntu paperwork-json is provided by paperwork-shell package.

paperwork-shell is:

Paperwork-shell provides 2 commands:

paperwork-cli: Human-friendly command line interface. For instance, it can be useful if you want to use Paperwork through SSH.
paperwork-json: Designed to be used in scripts. Results can be parsed in shell scripts using jq.

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

sudo apt-get -y install paperwork-shell

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

You can also use apt command to install paperwork-shell.

sudo apt -y install paperwork-shell

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

sudo aptitude install paperwork-shell

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