mbox2maildir command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix mbox2maildir command not found error message

Introduction

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

mbox2maildir: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mbox2maildir: command not found

In Ubuntu mbox2maildir is provided by mailscripts package.

mailscripts is:

This package provides a collection of scripts for manipulating e-mail stored on Debian systems.

mdmv – safely move messages between maildirs

mbox2maildir – convert an mbox to a maildir using Python’s libraries

notmuch-slurp-debbug – add messages from a Debian bug to notmuch

notmuch-extract-patch – extract a git patch series from notmuch

mbox-extract-patch – extract a git patch series from an mbox

maildir-import-patch – import a git patch series into a maildir

notmuch-import-patch – import a git patch series into notmuch

email-print-mime-structure – tree view of a message’s MIME structure

email-extract-openpgp-certs – extract OpenPGP certificates from a message

imap-dl – download messages from an IMAP mailbox to a maildir

gmi2email – subscribe to gemlogs and read individual Gemini pages by e-mail

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

sudo apt-get -y install mailscripts

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

You can also use apt command to install mailscripts.

sudo apt -y install mailscripts

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

sudo aptitude install mailscripts

In this tutorial we learn how to fix mbox2maildir command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.