fw command not found

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

Introduction

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

fw: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: fw: command not found

Solutions to fw: command not found

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

In Ubuntu fw is provided by funnelweb package.

funnelweb is:

Literate-programming allows the programmer to write a program’s code and the code’s documentation, with equal importance accorded to both. This helps to produce well-documented code.

Unlike other literate-programming tools, funnelweb is not derived from Knuth’s cweb.

It claims the following technical features:

  • Can be used with any programming language.
  • Runs on most platforms.
  • Mature and essentially bug-free (released 1992).
  • Simple; specifically designed to minimize errors.
  • High speed; doesn’t stretch the development cycle.
  • Generates documentation in HTML and TeX forms.

This package does not include the reference, tutorial, and developer manuals. See package funnelweb-doc for these.

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

sudo apt-get -y install funnelweb

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

You can also use apt command to install funnelweb.

sudo apt -y install funnelweb

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

sudo aptitude install funnelweb

Summary

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