fetchyahoo command not found

Introduction

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

fetchyahoo: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: fetchyahoo: command not found

Solutions to fetchyahoo: command not found

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

In Ubuntu fetchyahoo is provided by fetchyahoo package.

fetchyahoo is:

FetchYahoo is a Perl script that downloads mail from a Yahoo! webmail account to a local mail spool, an mbox file, or to procmail. It is meant to replace fetchmail for people using Yahoo! mail since Yahoo!’s POP and email forwarding services are no longer free. It includes all parts and attachments within the email. It can also forward the email to a specified address.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fetchyahoo

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

You can also use apt command to install fetchyahoo.

sudo apt -y install fetchyahoo

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

sudo aptitude install fetchyahoo

Summary

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