fzf command not found

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

Introduction

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

fzf: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: fzf: command not found

Solutions to fzf: command not found

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

In Ubuntu fzf is provided by fzf package.

fzf is:

It’s an interactive Unix filter for command-line that can be used with any list; files, command history, processes, hostnames, bookmarks, git commits, etc.

Refer /usr/share/doc/fzf/README.Debian for quick instructions on how to add keybindings for Bash, Zsh, Fish to call fzf.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fzf

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

You can also use apt command to install fzf.

sudo apt -y install fzf

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

sudo aptitude install fzf

Summary

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