gfsec-split-gpg command not found

Introduction

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

gfsec-split-gpg: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gfsec-split-gpg: command not found

Solutions to gfsec-split-gpg: command not found

How To Fix gfsec-split-gpg: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu gfsec-split-gpg is provided by gfsecret package.

gfsecret is:

Gfsecret is a set of tools to facilitate secret sharing according to the Adi Shamir’s secret sharing scheme.

Two tools are provided: gfsec-split will split a file into several shares, and gfsec-use will reconstruct the original file from some of the shares. Both tools use the concept of a share URI, which is a way of describing a share with a URI-like syntax. The gfsec-split program uses them to know where to dispatch the generated shares, and gfsec-use uses them to know where to search for shares in order to reconstruct the original file.

The package also provide a script wrapper around gfsec-split: gfsec-split-gpg to facilitate splitting your GnuPG private primary key which can be combine with gfsec-use.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gfsecret

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

You can also use apt command to install gfsecret.

sudo apt -y install gfsecret

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

sudo aptitude install gfsecret

Summary

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