generate-api command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix generate-api command not found error message

Introduction

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

generate-api: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: generate-api: command not found

In Ubuntu generate-api is provided by ruby-google-api-client package.

ruby-google-api-client is:

This library makes it easy to access Google services via APIs.

For example, to use Google Drive, just add require ‘google/apis/drive_v2’

This library is a dependency of gitlab, a git based collaboration platform.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-google-api-client

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

You can also use apt command to install ruby-google-api-client.

sudo apt -y install ruby-google-api-client

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

sudo aptitude install ruby-google-api-client

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