lhasa command not found

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

Introduction

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

lhasa: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: lhasa: command not found

Solutions to lhasa: command not found

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

In Ubuntu lhasa is provided by lhasa package.

lhasa is:

Lhasa lha is a tool for parsing LHA (.lzh) archives and a free replacement for the Unix LHA tool.

Currently it is only possible to read from (ie. decompress) archives; generating (compressing) LHA archives may be an enhancement for future versions. The aim is to be compatible with as many different variants of the LHA file format as possible, including LArc (.lzs) and PMarc (.pma).

The command line tool aims to be interface-compatible with the non-free Unix LHA tool (command line syntax and output), for backwards compatibility with tools that expect particular output.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lhasa

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

You can also use apt command to install lhasa.

sudo apt -y install lhasa

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

sudo aptitude install lhasa

Summary

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