amcrypt-ossl command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix amcrypt-ossl command not found error message

Introduction

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

amcrypt-ossl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: amcrypt-ossl: command not found

In Ubuntu amcrypt-ossl is provided by amanda-common package.

amanda-common is:

This package contains libraries required by the amanda client and server packages and includes the documentation.

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

sudo apt-get -y install amanda-common

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

You can also use apt command to install amanda-common.

sudo apt -y install amanda-common

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

sudo aptitude install amanda-common

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