json-patch-jsondiff command not found

Introduction

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

json-patch-jsondiff: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: json-patch-jsondiff: command not found

Solutions to json-patch-jsondiff: command not found

How To Fix json-patch-jsondiff: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu json-patch-jsondiff is provided by python3-jsonpatch package.

python3-jsonpatch is:

Python-json-patch is a Python module (a library) to apply JSON Patches according to the IETF draft specification.

From the IETF site:

JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) [RFC4627] is a common format for the exchange and storage of structured data. HTTP PATCH [RFC5789] extends the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) [RFC2616] with a method to perform partial modifications to resources.

JSON Patch is a format (identified by the media type “application/ json-patch”) for expressing a sequence of operations to apply to a target JSON document, suitable for use with the HTTP PATCH method.

This format is also potentially useful in other cases when it’s necessary to make partial updates to a JSON document.

This package provides the Python 3.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-jsonpatch

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

You can also use apt command to install python3-jsonpatch.

sudo apt -y install python3-jsonpatch

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

sudo aptitude install python3-jsonpatch

Summary

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