rdup-simple command not found

Introduction

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

rdup-simple: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: rdup-simple: command not found

Solutions to rdup-simple: command not found

How To Fix rdup-simple: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu rdup-simple is provided by rdup package.

rdup is:

rdup is a utility inspired by rsync and the plan9 way of doing things. rdup itself does not backup anything. It only prints a list of files that are changed, or all files in case of a null dump. It also handles files that are removed, allowing for correct incremental backups.

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

sudo apt-get -y install rdup

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

You can also use apt command to install rdup.

sudo apt -y install rdup

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

sudo aptitude install rdup

Summary

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