base58 command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix base58 command not found error message

Introduction

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

base58: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: base58: command not found

In Ubuntu base58 is provided by base58 package.

base58 is:

This package contains the base58 command, which can be used to encode, decode or check, in a form compatible with that used by the bitcoin network.

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

sudo apt-get -y install base58

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

You can also use apt command to install base58.

sudo apt -y install base58

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

sudo aptitude install base58

In this tutorial we learn how to fix base58 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.