mountpy.py command not found

Introduction

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

mountpy.py: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mountpy.py: command not found

Solutions to mountpy.py: command not found

How To Fix mountpy.py: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu mountpy.py is provided by mountpy package.

mountpy is:

mountpy scans all devices connected to the system, and tries to mount them, creating mount directories as needed. Warning: After configured, this program allows ordinary users to mount external filesystems. Do not install it on multiuser machines with untrusted users!

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

sudo apt-get -y install mountpy

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

You can also use apt command to install mountpy.

sudo apt -y install mountpy

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

sudo aptitude install mountpy

Summary

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