k5start command not found

Introduction

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

k5start: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: k5start: command not found

Solutions to k5start: command not found

How To Fix k5start: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu k5start is provided by kstart package.

kstart is:

k5start can be used instead of kinit to obtain Kerberos tickets. krenew can be used instead of kinit -R to renew renewable tickets. They are intended primarily for use with automated or long-running processes and support some additional features useful for that purpose, such as running as a daemon and refreshing the ticket periodically, checking to see if an existing ticket has expired, or obtaining an AFS token along with the ticket by running an external program automatically.

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

sudo apt-get -y install kstart

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

You can also use apt command to install kstart.

sudo apt -y install kstart

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

sudo aptitude install kstart

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix k5start command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.