mount.sshfs command not found

Introduction

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

mount.sshfs: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mount.sshfs: command not found

Solutions to mount.sshfs: command not found

How To Fix mount.sshfs: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu mount.sshfs is provided by sshfs package.

sshfs is:

sshfs is a filesystem client based on the SSH File Transfer Protocol. Since most SSH servers already support this protocol it is very easy to set up: i.e. on the server side there’s nothing to do. On the client side mounting the filesystem is as easy as logging into the server with ssh.

sshfs is FUSE (Filesystem in USErspace).

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

sudo apt-get -y install sshfs

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

You can also use apt command to install sshfs.

sudo apt -y install sshfs

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

sudo aptitude install sshfs

Summary

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