syncevolution command not found

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

Introduction

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

syncevolution: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: syncevolution: command not found

Solutions to syncevolution: command not found

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

In Ubuntu syncevolution is provided by syncevolution package.

syncevolution is:

SyncEvolution synchronizes contact, calendar and task items via SyncML and CalDAV/CardDAV with other servers or devices. It uses the Evolution Data Server to sync PIM data in Evolution, but a plain file storage is also supported. Data exchange can happen via HTTP(S) and Bluetooth. Full, one-way and incremental synchronization of items are supported. SyncEvolution can act as a SyncML/DAV client and SyncML server.

This package provides the CLI client.

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

sudo apt-get -y install syncevolution

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

You can also use apt command to install syncevolution.

sudo apt -y install syncevolution

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

sudo aptitude install syncevolution

Summary

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