readbuffer command not found

Introduction

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

readbuffer: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: readbuffer: command not found

Solutions to readbuffer: command not found

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

In Ubuntu readbuffer is provided by chiark-rwbuffer package.

chiark-rwbuffer is:

readbuffer and writebuffer: programs for reading input from devices, and writing output to, which don’t like constant stopping and starting, such as tape drives and audio playback devices.

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

sudo apt-get -y install chiark-rwbuffer

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

You can also use apt command to install chiark-rwbuffer.

sudo apt -y install chiark-rwbuffer

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

sudo aptitude install chiark-rwbuffer

Summary

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