msva-query-agent command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix msva-query-agent command not found error message

Introduction

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

msva-query-agent: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: msva-query-agent: command not found

In Ubuntu msva-query-agent is provided by msva-perl package.

msva-perl is:

The Monkeysphere Validation Agent offers a local service for tools to validate certificates (both X.509 and OpenPGP) and other public keys.

This package contains a perl implementation of a Monkeysphere Validation Agent.

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

sudo apt-get -y install msva-perl

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

You can also use apt command to install msva-perl.

sudo apt -y install msva-perl

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

sudo aptitude install msva-perl

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