ssdeep command not found

Introduction

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

ssdeep: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ssdeep: command not found

Solutions to ssdeep: command not found

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

In Ubuntu ssdeep is provided by ssdeep package.

ssdeep is:

ssdeep is a tool for recursive computing and matching of Context Triggered Piecewise Hashing (aka Fuzzy Hashing).

Fuzzy hashing is a method for comparing similar but not identical files. This tool can be used to compare files like regular hashing does (like md5sum or sha1sum) but it will find similar files with little differences.

For example, it can be used to identify modified versions of known files even if data has been inserted, modified, or deleted in the new files.

This package is useful in forensics investigations.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ssdeep

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

You can also use apt command to install ssdeep.

sudo apt -y install ssdeep

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

sudo aptitude install ssdeep

Summary

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