cvsd command not found

Introduction

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

cvsd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: cvsd: command not found

Solutions to cvsd: command not found

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

In Ubuntu cvsd is provided by cvsd package.

cvsd is:

cvsd is a wrapper program for cvs in pserver mode. it will run ‘cvs pserver’ under a special uid/gid in a chroot jail. cvsd is run as a daemon and is controlled through a configuration file. It is relatively easy to configure and provides tools for setting up a rootjail.

This server can be useful if you want to run a public cvs pserver. You should however be aware of the security limitations of running a cvs pserver. If you want any kind of authentication you should really consider using secure shell as a secure authentication mechanism and transport. Passwords used with cvs pserver are transmitted in plaintext.

You should probably disable the pserver from the cvs package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cvsd

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

You can also use apt command to install cvsd.

sudo apt -y install cvsd

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

sudo aptitude install cvsd

Summary

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