dq command not found

Introduction

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

dq: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dq: command not found

Solutions to dq: command not found

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

In Ubuntu dq is provided by dq package.

dq is:

The dq package provides software for DNS/DNSCurve. This software is derived from djbdns, adds DNSCurve protection and support for IPv6.

dq is commandline tool similar to dnsq, dnsqr from djbdns. Is used to query DNS/DNSCurve server for specific type of records about a given domain name.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dq

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

You can also use apt command to install dq.

sudo apt -y install dq

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

sudo aptitude install dq

Summary

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