fossil command not found

Introduction

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

fossil: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: fossil: command not found

Solutions to fossil: command not found

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

In Ubuntu fossil is provided by fossil package.

fossil is:

Fossil is an easy-to-use Distributed Source Control Management system (DSCM) which supports access and administration over HTTP CGI or via a built-in HTTP server, has a built-in wiki, built-in file browsing, a built-in tickets system, etc.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fossil

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

You can also use apt command to install fossil.

sudo apt -y install fossil

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

sudo aptitude install fossil

Summary

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