classified-ads command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix classified-ads command not found error message

Introduction

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

classified-ads: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: classified-ads: command not found

Solutions to classified-ads: command not found

How To Fix classified-ads: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu classified-ads is provided by classified-ads package.

classified-ads is:

Classified ads is an attempt to re-produce parts of the functionality that went away when usenet news ceased to exist. This attempt tries to fix the problem of disappearing news-servers so that there is no servers required; data storage is implemented inside client applications that users are running. Features of the program currently include

  • Posting of ads online, with categorization.
  • Replying to ads either in public or privately to operator.
  • Binary attachments to posts.
  • Providing basic data of operators
  • Basic searching of content based on words.
  • Audio negotiations between operators.
  • Possibility to extend the UI using Tcl scripting language
  • Sharing data between Tcl programs using general-purpose distributed db

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

sudo apt-get -y install classified-ads

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

You can also use apt command to install classified-ads.

sudo apt -y install classified-ads

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

sudo aptitude install classified-ads

Summary

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