parfive command not found

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

Introduction

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

parfive: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: parfive: command not found

Solutions to parfive: command not found

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

In Ubuntu parfive is provided by python3-parfive package.

python3-parfive is:

Parfive is a small library for downloading files, its objective is to provide a simple API for queuing files for download and then providing excellent feedback to the user about the in progress downloads. It also aims to provide a clear interface for inspecting any failed downloads.

Parfive supports downloading files over either HTTP or FTP using aiohttp and aioftp.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-parfive

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

You can also use apt command to install python3-parfive.

sudo apt -y install python3-parfive

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

sudo aptitude install python3-parfive

Summary

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