grab-account command not found

Introduction

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

grab-account: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: grab-account: command not found

Solutions to grab-account: command not found

How To Fix grab-account: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu grab-account is provided by chiark-scripts package.

chiark-scripts is:

This package contains a number of small administration scripts used by chiark.greenend.org.uk and other systems belonging to the Sinister Greenend Organisation. Featuring:

fishdescriptor: a tool for extracting a file descriptor from another (non-cooperating) process and giving it to you (or for examining it). Requires gdb and python3.

chiark-named-conf: a tool for managing nameserver configurations and checking for suspected DNS problems. Its main functions are to check that delegations are appropriate and working, that secondary zones are slaved from the right places, and to generate a configuration for BIND, from its own input file.

sync-accounts: a simple but flexible account info synchroniser. sync-accounts is a tool for copying un*x account data from remote systems and installing it locally. It is flexible and reasonably straightforward, but lacks integration with other distributed databases such as NIS.

cvs-repomove and cvs-adjustroot: tools for moving CVS repositories and adjusting working trees.

palm-datebook-reminders: a program which emails mails you reminders about the appointments in your Palm’s Datebook.

cvsweb-list: cgi program to list ucgi (userv-utils) cvsweb repos

expire-iso8601: keep or expire backup trees named after their dates

gnucap2genspic, ngspice2genspic, genspic2gnuplot: convert gnucap files and ngspice output files to genspic and genspic files to gnuplot input so they can be plotted.

hexterm: connects to serial port and allows the user interact in ASCII and hex. Ie, a hex “terminal” program which lets you speak a serial port protocol directly. (Needs tcl8.4 to be installed.)

git-branchmove, random-word, remountresizereiserfs, summarise-mailbox-preserving-privacy

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

sudo apt-get -y install chiark-scripts

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

You can also use apt command to install chiark-scripts.

sudo apt -y install chiark-scripts

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

sudo aptitude install chiark-scripts

Summary

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