bbackupd command not found

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

Introduction

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

bbackupd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bbackupd: command not found

Solutions to bbackupd: command not found

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

In Ubuntu bbackupd is provided by boxbackup-client package.

boxbackup-client is:

BoxBackup is an automatic on-line backup system. The client watches for changes on the local file system, connects to a BoxBackup server and sends the changes via a secure channel. All data is encrypted before being sent to the server. A command-line tool is provided for restoration of backups including deleted files and old versions.

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

sudo apt-get -y install boxbackup-client

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

You can also use apt command to install boxbackup-client.

sudo apt -y install boxbackup-client

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

sudo aptitude install boxbackup-client

Summary

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