cu command not found

Introduction

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

cu: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: cu: command not found

Solutions to cu: command not found

How To Fix cu: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu cu is provided by cu package.

cu is:

The cu command is used to call up another system and act as a dial-in terminal (mostly on a serial line). It can also do simple file transfers with no error checking.

cu is part of the UUCP source but has been split into its own package because it can be useful even if you do not do uucp.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cu

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

You can also use apt command to install cu.

sudo apt -y install cu

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

sudo aptitude install cu

Summary

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