dl10n-spider command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix dl10n-spider command not found error message

Introduction

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

dl10n-spider: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dl10n-spider: command not found

Solutions to dl10n-spider: command not found

How To Fix dl10n-spider: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu dl10n-spider is provided by dl10n package.

dl10n is:

dl10n is the debian localization project. This package contains all the relevant infrastructure and tools. Of course, most people won’t really need the server side part on their machine, but given the size of the package, there is no need for a split.

This package contains the main libraries of po4a, and the following tools:

dl10n-check: dig into the source packages looking for stuff to translate
dl10n-bot: reads the translator mailing lists seeking for status update
dl10n-txt: generate textual statistic views
dl10n-html: generates the debian web pages

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

sudo apt-get -y install dl10n

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

You can also use apt command to install dl10n.

sudo apt -y install dl10n

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

sudo aptitude install dl10n

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix dl10n-spider command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.