fast-import-query command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix fast-import-query command not found error message

Introduction

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

fast-import-query: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: fast-import-query: command not found

In Ubuntu fast-import-query is provided by python3-fastimport package.

python3-fastimport is:

Python library for parsing and generating the fastimport file format. The fastimport format is used for serializing version control histories.

This package contains the module built for Python version 3.x.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-fastimport

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

You can also use apt command to install python3-fastimport.

sudo apt -y install python3-fastimport

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

sudo aptitude install python3-fastimport

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