lowdown-diff command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix lowdown-diff command not found error message

Introduction

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

lowdown-diff: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: lowdown-diff: command not found

Solutions to lowdown-diff: command not found

How To Fix lowdown-diff: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu lowdown-diff is provided by lowdown package.

lowdown is:

Lowdown is a Markdown translator producing HTML5, roff documents in the ms and man formats, LaTeX, gemini, and terminal output.

Beyond traditional Markdown syntax support, lowdown supports the following Markdown features and extensions:

  • autolinking
  • fenced code
  • tables
  • superscripts
  • footnotes
  • disabled inline HTML
  • “smart typography”
  • metadata
  • commonmark (in progress)
  • definition lists
  • extended image attributes

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

sudo apt-get -y install lowdown

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

You can also use apt command to install lowdown.

sudo apt -y install lowdown

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

sudo aptitude install lowdown

Summary

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