ncdu command not found

Introduction

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

ncdu: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ncdu: command not found

Solutions to ncdu: command not found

How To Fix ncdu: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ncdu is provided by ncdu package.

ncdu is:

Ncdu is a ncurses-based du viewer. It provides a fast and easy-to-use interface through famous du utility. It allows one to browse through the directories and show percentages of disk usage with ncurses library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ncdu

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

You can also use apt command to install ncdu.

sudo apt -y install ncdu

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

sudo aptitude install ncdu

Summary

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