timeshift command not found

Introduction

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

timeshift: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: timeshift: command not found

Solutions to timeshift: command not found

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

In Ubuntu timeshift is provided by timeshift package.

timeshift is:

Timeshift is a system restore utility which takes snapshots of the system at regular intervals. These snapshots can be restored at a later date to undo system changes. Creates incremental snapshots using rsync or BTRFS snapshots using BTRFS tools.

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

sudo apt-get -y install timeshift

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

You can also use apt command to install timeshift.

sudo apt -y install timeshift

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

sudo aptitude install timeshift

Summary

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