e2guardian command not found

Introduction

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

e2guardian: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: e2guardian: command not found

Solutions to e2guardian: command not found

How To Fix e2guardian: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu e2guardian is provided by e2guardian package.

e2guardian is:

e2guardian filters the content of pages based on many methods including phrase matching, PICS filtering and URL filtering. It does not purely filter based on a banned list of sites.

It provides real-time virus scanning capabilities for content access.

e2guardian is designed to be completely flexible and allows you to tailor the filtering to your exact needs. It can be as draconian or as unobstructive as you want. The default settings are geared towards what a primary school might want but e2guardian puts you in control of what you want to block.

e2guardian requires squid or another similar caching proxy server on your local network.

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

sudo apt-get -y install e2guardian

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

You can also use apt command to install e2guardian.

sudo apt -y install e2guardian

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

sudo aptitude install e2guardian

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix e2guardian command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.