upass command not found

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

Introduction

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

upass: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: upass: command not found

Solutions to upass: command not found

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

In Ubuntu upass is provided by upass package.

upass is:

upass is a curses-based (more specifically urwid) interface for pass, the standard Unix password manager. It provides a simple, but powerful view of the password store and can copy passwords or extended information to the clipboard interactively.

pass is the standard unix password manager, to be found in the pass package.

There is another implementation of a curses interface, gopass.pw, but it is a complete reimplementation. In contrast, upass simply wraps the standard pass implementation.

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

sudo apt-get -y install upass

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

You can also use apt command to install upass.

sudo apt -y install upass

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

sudo aptitude install upass

Summary

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