faker command not found

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

Introduction

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

faker: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: faker: command not found

In Ubuntu faker is provided by faker package.

faker is:

The fake data can be used to bootstrap a database, create XML documents, or anonymize data taken from a production service.

This script is powered by the Python faker library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install faker

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

You can also use apt command to install faker.

sudo apt -y install faker

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

sudo aptitude install faker

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