ddate command not found

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

Introduction

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

ddate: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ddate: command not found

Solutions to ddate: command not found

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

In Ubuntu ddate is provided by ddate package.

ddate is:

Displays the Discordian date of a given date. The Discordian calendar was made popular by the “Illuminatus!” trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ddate

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

You can also use apt command to install ddate.

sudo apt -y install ddate

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

sudo aptitude install ddate

Summary

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