fatcat command not found

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

Introduction

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

fatcat: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: fatcat: command not found

Solutions to fatcat: command not found

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

In Ubuntu fatcat is provided by fatcat package.

fatcat is:

fatcat is a tool to explore, extract, repair and forensic FAT filesystem. Its features: - Get information about FAT filesystem; - Explore FAT file system; - Read file or extract directories; - Retrieve file & directories that are deleted; - Backup & restore the FAT tables; - Hack the FAT table by writing on it; - Hack the entries by changing clusters and file sizes; - Perform a search for orphaned files & directories; - Compare and merge the FAT tables; - Repair unallocated directories & files; - Supports FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fatcat

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

You can also use apt command to install fatcat.

sudo apt -y install fatcat

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

sudo aptitude install fatcat

Summary

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