pushpin-proxy command not found

Introduction

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

pushpin-proxy: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pushpin-proxy: command not found

Solutions to pushpin-proxy: command not found

How To Fix pushpin-proxy: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu pushpin-proxy is provided by pushpin package.

pushpin is:

Pushpin is a reverse proxy server that makes it easy to implement WebSocket, HTTP streaming, and HTTP long-polling services. It communicates with backend web applications using regular, short-lived HTTP requests (GRIP protocol). This allows backend applications to be written in any language and use any webserver.

Additionally, Pushpin does all of this without exposing a proprietary protocol to clients. The HTTP/WebSocket content between the client and your server is whatever you want it to be. This makes it ideal for implementing APIs.

Pushpin is written in C++. The name means to “pin” (hold) connections open for “pushing”.

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

sudo apt-get -y install pushpin

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

You can also use apt command to install pushpin.

sudo apt -y install pushpin

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

sudo aptitude install pushpin

Summary

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