wsapi.fcgi command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix wsapi.fcgi command not found error message

Introduction

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

wsapi.fcgi: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: wsapi.fcgi: command not found

In Ubuntu wsapi.fcgi is provided by lua-wsapi-fcgi package.

lua-wsapi-fcgi is:

WSAPI is an API that abstracts the web server for Lua web applications, allowing the same application to be used in different web servers.

This package contains the backend for the fastcgi protocol.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-wsapi-fcgi

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

You can also use apt command to install lua-wsapi-fcgi.

sudo apt -y install lua-wsapi-fcgi

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

sudo aptitude install lua-wsapi-fcgi

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