cruft command not found

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

Introduction

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

cruft: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: cruft: command not found

In Ubuntu cruft is provided by cruft package.

cruft is:

cruft is a program to look over your system for anything that shouldn’t be there, but is; or for anything that should be there, but isn’t.

It bases most of its results on dpkg’s database, as well as a list of `extra files’ that can appear during the lifetime of various packages.

cruft is still in pre-release; your assistance in improving its accuracy and performance is appreciated.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cruft

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

You can also use apt command to install cruft.

sudo apt -y install cruft

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

sudo aptitude install cruft

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