tap-parser command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix tap-parser command not found error message

Introduction

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

tap-parser: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: tap-parser: command not found

In Ubuntu tap-parser is provided by node-tap-parser package.

node-tap-parser is:

This module parses tap-formatted input as a stream of JavaScript objects.

It is mainly used to extend tap reporters in various test setups.

This package also include leaf package node-events-to-array.

Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-tap-parser

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

You can also use apt command to install node-tap-parser.

sudo apt -y install node-tap-parser

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

sudo aptitude install node-tap-parser

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