go-mtpfs command not found

Introduction

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

go-mtpfs: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: go-mtpfs: command not found

Solutions to go-mtpfs: command not found

How To Fix go-mtpfs: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu go-mtpfs is provided by go-mtpfs package.

go-mtpfs is:

Go-mtpfs is a simple FUSE filesystem for mounting Android devices as an MTP device.

It will expose all storage areas of a device in the mount, and only reads file metadata as needed, making it mount quickly. It uses Android extensions to read/write partial data, so manipulating large files requires no extra space in /tmp.

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

sudo apt-get -y install go-mtpfs

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

You can also use apt command to install go-mtpfs.

sudo apt -y install go-mtpfs

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

sudo aptitude install go-mtpfs

Summary

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