NitrokeyAuthenticator command not found

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

Introduction

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

NitrokeyAuthenticator: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: NitrokeyAuthenticator: command not found

Solutions to NitrokeyAuthenticator: command not found

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

In Ubuntu NitrokeyAuthenticator is provided by nitrokey-authenticator package.

nitrokey-authenticator is:

A TOTP authenticator app similar to Google Authenticator. This app, unlike Google Authenticator, does not store TOTP shared secrets on the computer, but inside the USB key. The application supports both, Nitrokey Pro2 and LibremKey. For the latter, however, you need to have libnitrokey version 3.6 or newer installed on your system.

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

sudo apt-get -y install nitrokey-authenticator

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

You can also use apt command to install nitrokey-authenticator.

sudo apt -y install nitrokey-authenticator

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

sudo aptitude install nitrokey-authenticator

Summary

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