ftpsync-cron command not found

Introduction

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

ftpsync-cron: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ftpsync-cron: command not found

Solutions to ftpsync-cron: command not found

How To Fix ftpsync-cron: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ftpsync-cron is provided by ftpsync package.

ftpsync is:

ftpsync is the preferred tool for maintaining a Debian mirror. It tries to make updates as smooth as possible, without the clients experiencing half updated mirrors. It supports partial mirrors by architecture.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ftpsync

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

You can also use apt command to install ftpsync.

sudo apt -y install ftpsync

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

sudo aptitude install ftpsync

Summary

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