grind command not found

Introduction

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

grind: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: grind: command not found

Solutions to grind: command not found

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

In Ubuntu grind is provided by wordnet-grind package.

wordnet-grind is:

WordNet(C) is an on-line lexical reference system whose design is inspired by current psycholinguistic theories of human lexical memory. English nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are organized into synonym sets, each representing one underlying lexical concept. Different relations link the synonym sets.

WordNet was developed by the Cognitive Science Laboratory at Princeton University under the direction of Professor George A. Miller (Principal Investigator).

This package contains the grind processor for WordNet lexicographer files. It can be used to process the lexicographer files from the Debian source tarball into a WordNet binary database file or other lexicographer filese provided by the user.

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

sudo apt-get -y install wordnet-grind

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

You can also use apt command to install wordnet-grind.

sudo apt -y install wordnet-grind

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

sudo aptitude install wordnet-grind

Summary

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