json2streams command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix json2streams command not found error message

Introduction

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

json2streams: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: json2streams: command not found

In Ubuntu json2streams is provided by simplestreams package.

simplestreams is:

This package provides a client for interacting with simple streams data as is produced to describe Ubuntu’s cloud images.

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

sudo apt-get -y install simplestreams

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

You can also use apt command to install simplestreams.

sudo apt -y install simplestreams

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

sudo aptitude install simplestreams

In this tutorial we learn how to fix json2streams command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.