sks command not found

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

Introduction

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

sks: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: sks: command not found

Solutions to sks: command not found

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

In Ubuntu sks is provided by sks package.

sks is:

SKS is an OpenPGP key server that correctly handles all OpenPGP features defined in RFC2440 and RFC4880, including photoID packages and multiple subkeys.

This key server implementation uses an efficient and reliable reconciliation algorithm to keep the database in sync with other SKS servers. Additionally it can both send and receive PKS style sync emails.

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

sudo apt-get -y install sks

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

You can also use apt command to install sks.

sudo apt -y install sks

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

sudo aptitude install sks

Summary

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