zpaq command not found

Introduction

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

zpaq: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: zpaq: command not found

Solutions to zpaq: command not found

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

In Ubuntu zpaq is provided by zpaq package.

zpaq is:

The PAQ family is a series of open source data compression archivers that have evolved through collaborative development to top rankings on several benchmarks measuring compression ratio although at the expense of speed and memory usage.

This package includes ZPAQ, a proposed standard format for highly compressed data that allows new compression algorithms to be developed without breaking compatibility with older programs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install zpaq

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

You can also use apt command to install zpaq.

sudo apt -y install zpaq

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

sudo aptitude install zpaq

Summary

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