aria2c command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix aria2c command not found error message

Introduction

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

aria2c: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: aria2c: command not found

Solutions to aria2c: command not found

How To Fix aria2c: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu aria2c is provided by aria2 package.

aria2 is:

Aria2 is a command line download client with resuming and segmented downloading. Supported protocols are HTTP/HTTPS/ SFTP/FTP/BitTorrent and it also supports Metalink.

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

sudo apt-get -y install aria2

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

You can also use apt command to install aria2.

sudo apt -y install aria2

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

sudo aptitude install aria2

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix aria2c command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.