vlpatch command not found

Introduction

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

vlpatch: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: vlpatch: command not found

Solutions to vlpatch: command not found

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

In Ubuntu vlpatch is provided by libvcs-lite-perl package.

libvcs-lite-perl is:

This module provides the functions normally associated with a version control system, but without needing or implementing a version control system. Applications include wikis, document management systems and configuration management.

It makes use of the module Algorithm::Diff. It provides the facility for basic diffing, patching and merging.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libvcs-lite-perl

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

You can also use apt command to install libvcs-lite-perl.

sudo apt -y install libvcs-lite-perl

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

sudo aptitude install libvcs-lite-perl

Summary

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