goval-dictionary command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix goval-dictionary command not found error message

Introduction

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

goval-dictionary: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: goval-dictionary: command not found

In Ubuntu goval-dictionary is provided by goval-dictionary package.

goval-dictionary is:

This is tool to build a local copy of the OVAL(Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language).

The local copy is generated in sqlite format, and the tool has a server mode for easy querying.

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

sudo apt-get -y install goval-dictionary

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

You can also use apt command to install goval-dictionary.

sudo apt -y install goval-dictionary

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

sudo aptitude install goval-dictionary

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