cdist-new-type command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix cdist-new-type command not found error message

Introduction

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

cdist-new-type: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: cdist-new-type: command not found

Solutions to cdist-new-type: command not found

How To Fix cdist-new-type: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu cdist-new-type is provided by cdist package.

cdist is:

cdist is a usable configuration management system. It adheres to the KISS principle and is being used in small up to enterprise grade environments. It has the following noteworthy features:

shell scripting configuration language
access to all control structures (if, case, for, while)
idempotent target properties
zero-dependencies: target system need only /bin/sh and ssh
push-based distribution
highly-scalable

cdist is an alternative to other configuration management systems like cfengine, bcfg2, chef and puppet.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cdist

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

You can also use apt command to install cdist.

sudo apt -y install cdist

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

sudo aptitude install cdist

Summary

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