mocha command not found

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

Introduction

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

mocha: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mocha: command not found

In Ubuntu mocha is provided by mocha package.

mocha is:

Mocha is a feature-rich JavaScript test framework running on Node.js and browser, making asynchronous testing simple and fun.

Mocha tests run serially, allowing for flexible and accurate reporting, while mapping uncaught exceptions to the correct test cases.

Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mocha

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

You can also use apt command to install mocha.

sudo apt -y install mocha

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

sudo aptitude install mocha

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