hledger-autosync command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix hledger-autosync command not found error message

Introduction

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

hledger-autosync: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: hledger-autosync: command not found

Solutions to hledger-autosync: command not found

How To Fix hledger-autosync: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu hledger-autosync is provided by ledger-autosync package.

ledger-autosync is:

ledger-autosync is a program to pull down transactions from your bank and create ledger transactions for them. It is designed to only create transactions that are not already present in your ledger files. This should make it comparable to some of the automated synchronization features available in products like GnuCash, Mint, etc.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ledger-autosync

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

You can also use apt command to install ledger-autosync.

sudo apt -y install ledger-autosync

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

sudo aptitude install ledger-autosync

Summary

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