comsatd command not found

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

Introduction

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

comsatd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: comsatd: command not found

In Ubuntu comsatd is provided by mailutils-comsatd package.

mailutils-comsatd is:

GNU Mailutils is a rich and powerful protocol-independent mail framework. It contains a series of useful mail libraries, clients, and servers.

The GNU mailutils comsat daemon receives reports of incoming mail and notifies users who wish to get this service.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mailutils-comsatd

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

You can also use apt command to install mailutils-comsatd.

sudo apt -y install mailutils-comsatd

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

sudo aptitude install mailutils-comsatd

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