slrn_getdescs command not found

Introduction

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

slrn_getdescs: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: slrn_getdescs: command not found

Solutions to slrn_getdescs: command not found

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

In Ubuntu slrn_getdescs is provided by slrn package.

slrn is:

Slrn is a threaded news reader with color support that is designed to read news fast over slow links.

Slrn can read usenet news via NNTP or directly from a local news spool.

Slrn can be heavily customized from its rc file, and even includes a built in macro language. There is also support for killfiles and article scoring.

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

sudo apt-get -y install slrn

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

You can also use apt command to install slrn.

sudo apt -y install slrn

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

sudo aptitude install slrn

Summary

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