alot command not found

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

Introduction

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

alot: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: alot: command not found

Solutions to alot: command not found

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

In Ubuntu alot is provided by alot package.

alot is:

Alot is a text mode mail user agent for the notmuch mail system. It features a modular and command prompt driven interface to provide a full MUA experience as an alternative to the Emacs and Vim modes shipped with notmuch.

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

sudo apt-get -y install alot

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

You can also use apt command to install alot.

sudo apt -y install alot

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

sudo aptitude install alot

Summary

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