bsfilter command not found

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

Introduction

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

bsfilter: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bsfilter: command not found

In Ubuntu bsfilter is provided by bsfilter package.

bsfilter is:

Bsfilter is a spam filter which can distinguish spam mail from other mails. It can read mails by three way:

reads from normal file or stdin.
retrieves and stores from IMAP server.
reads from POP server and passes to POP client. (POP proxy) Bsfilter gives nice support of Japanese.

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

sudo apt-get -y install bsfilter

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

You can also use apt command to install bsfilter.

sudo apt -y install bsfilter

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

sudo aptitude install bsfilter

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