gems-client command not found

Introduction

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

gems-client: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gems-client: command not found

Solutions to gems-client: command not found

How To Fix gems-client: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu gems-client is provided by gems package.

gems is:

The gems system is a client/server application that allows one to show a single console session in different computers or terminals in real time. It can also be used to transmit any other kind of data to more than one computer at the same time, via a network connection.

It was designed as an educational tool for teachers that have to show in a computer lab how to do certain things with the console. Using the gems system, each student can observe in his/her own terminal everything the teacher does.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gems

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

You can also use apt command to install gems.

sudo apt -y install gems

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

sudo aptitude install gems

Summary

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