mapcache_detail command not found

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

Introduction

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

mapcache_detail: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mapcache_detail: command not found

Solutions to mapcache_detail: command not found

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

In Ubuntu mapcache_detail is provided by mapcache-tools package.

mapcache-tools is:

This package provides command-line utilities for MapCache.

MapCache is a server that implements tile caching to speed up access to WMS layers. The primary objectives are to be fast and easily deployable, while offering the essential features (and more!) expected from a tile caching solution.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mapcache-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install mapcache-tools.

sudo apt -y install mapcache-tools

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

sudo aptitude install mapcache-tools

Summary

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