vacation command not found

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

Introduction

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

vacation: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: vacation: command not found

In Ubuntu vacation is provided by vacation package.

vacation is:

Vacation returns a message to the sender of a message telling them that you are currently not reading your mail.

This program is derived from the NetBSD version and has most of the features present in the Linux, Solaris, AIX and *BSD versions.

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

sudo apt-get -y install vacation

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

You can also use apt command to install vacation.

sudo apt -y install vacation

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

sudo aptitude install vacation

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