ascii-xfr command not found

Introduction

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

ascii-xfr: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ascii-xfr: command not found

Solutions to ascii-xfr: command not found

How To Fix ascii-xfr: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ascii-xfr is provided by minicom package.

minicom is:

Minicom is a clone of the MS-DOS “Telix” communication program. It emulates ANSI and VT102 terminals, has a dialing directory and auto zmodem download.

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

sudo apt-get -y install minicom

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

You can also use apt command to install minicom.

sudo apt -y install minicom

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

sudo aptitude install minicom

Summary

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