execlineb command not found

Introduction

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

execlineb: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: execlineb: command not found

Solutions to execlineb: command not found

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

In Ubuntu execlineb is provided by execline package.

execline is:

Execline is a (non-interactive) scripting language, like sh; but its syntax is quite different from a traditional shell syntax. The execlineb program is meant to be used as an interpreter for a text file; the other commands are essentially useful inside an execlineb script.

Execline is as powerful as a shell: it features conditional loops, getopt-style option handling, filename globbing, and more. Meanwhile, its syntax is far more logic and predictable than the shell’s syntax, and has no security issues.

Documentation is provided in execline-doc package.

Binaries are installed in /usr/lib/execline/bin. Use the /usr/bin/execlineb wrapper or add /usr/lib/execline/bin to PATH.

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

sudo apt-get -y install execline

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

You can also use apt command to install execline.

sudo apt -y install execline

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

sudo aptitude install execline

Summary

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