apksigcopier command not found

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

Introduction

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

apksigcopier: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: apksigcopier: command not found

Solutions to apksigcopier: command not found

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

In Ubuntu apksigcopier is provided by apksigcopier package.

apksigcopier is:

apksigcopier is a tool for copying android APK signatures from a signed APK to an unsigned one (in order to verify reproducible builds). It can also be used to compare two APKs with different signatures. Its command-line tool offers four operations:

  • copy signatures directly from a signed to an unsigned APK
  • extract signatures from a signed APK to a directory
  • patch previously extracted signatures onto an unsigned APK
  • compare two APKs with different signatures (requires apksigner)

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

sudo apt-get -y install apksigcopier

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

You can also use apt command to install apksigcopier.

sudo apt -y install apksigcopier

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

sudo aptitude install apksigcopier

Summary

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