ncftp3 command not found

Introduction

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

ncftp3: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ncftp3: command not found

Solutions to ncftp3: command not found

How To Fix ncftp3: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ncftp3 is provided by ncftp package.

ncftp is:

Ncftp allows a user to transfer files to and from a remote network site, and offers additional features that are not found in the standard interface, ftp. This version has Readline support enabled.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ncftp

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

You can also use apt command to install ncftp.

sudo apt -y install ncftp

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

sudo aptitude install ncftp

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix ncftp3 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.