dico command not found

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

Introduction

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

dico: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dico: command not found

Solutions to dico: command not found

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

In Ubuntu dico is provided by dico package.

dico is:

GNU Dico is an implementation of the DICT protocol as defined in RFC 2229. It is fully modular: the daemon itself (dicod) provides only the server functionality, and knows nothing about database formats. Actual searches are performed by functions supplied in loadable modules. A single module can serve one or more databases.

This package contains the dico console client.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dico

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

You can also use apt command to install dico.

sudo apt -y install dico

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

sudo aptitude install dico

Summary

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