gfal2_version command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix gfal2_version command not found error message

Introduction

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

gfal2_version: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gfal2_version: command not found

In Ubuntu gfal2_version is provided by libgfal2-2 package.

libgfal2-2 is:

The main library of gfal2. The gfal protocol support relies on a plugin system.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgfal2-2

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

You can also use apt command to install libgfal2-2.

sudo apt -y install libgfal2-2

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

sudo aptitude install libgfal2-2

In this tutorial we learn how to fix gfal2_version command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.