snapcraft command not found

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

Introduction

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

snapcraft: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: snapcraft: command not found

In Ubuntu snapcraft is provided by snapcraft package.

snapcraft is:

This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed. . snapcraft is now replaced by the Snapcraft snap.

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

sudo apt-get -y install snapcraft

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

You can also use apt command to install snapcraft.

sudo apt -y install snapcraft

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

sudo aptitude install snapcraft

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