rst-lint command not found

Introduction

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

rst-lint: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: rst-lint: command not found

Solutions to rst-lint: command not found

How To Fix rst-lint: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu rst-lint is provided by python3-restructuredtext-lint package.

python3-restructuredtext-lint is:

This was created out of frustration with PyPI; it sucks finding out your reST is invalid after uploading it. It is being developed in junction with a Sublime Text linter.

This package contains the Python 3.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-restructuredtext-lint

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

You can also use apt command to install python3-restructuredtext-lint.

sudo apt -y install python3-restructuredtext-lint

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

sudo aptitude install python3-restructuredtext-lint

Summary

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