gitxgrep command not found

Introduction

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

gitxgrep: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gitxgrep: command not found

Solutions to gitxgrep: command not found

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

In Ubuntu gitxgrep is provided by gnuit package.

gnuit is:

gnuit (GNU Interactive Tools) is a set of interactive text-mode tools, closely integrated with the shell. It contains an extensible file system browser (similar to Norton Commander and XTree), an ASCII/hex file viewer, a process viewer/killer and some other related utilities and shell scripts. It can be used to increase the speed and efficiency of most of the daily tasks such as copying and moving files and directories, invoking editors, compressing and uncompressing files, creating and expanding archives, compiling programs, sending mail, etc. It looks nice, has colors (if the standard ANSI color sequences are supported) and is user-friendly.

One of the main advantages of gnuit is its flexibility. It is not limited to a given set of commands. The configuration file can be easily enhanced, allowing the user to add new commands or file operations, depending on its needs or preferences.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnuit

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

You can also use apt command to install gnuit.

sudo apt -y install gnuit

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

sudo aptitude install gnuit

Summary

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