node-static command not found

Introduction

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

node-static: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: node-static: command not found

Solutions to node-static: command not found

How To Fix node-static: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu node-static is provided by node-static package.

node-static is:

node-static has an in-memory file cache, making it highly efficient. It understands and supports conditional GET and HEAD requests. It was inspired by some of the other static-file serving modules, such as node-paperboy and antinode.

Node.js is an event-based server-side javascript engine.

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-static

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

You can also use apt command to install node-static.

sudo apt -y install node-static

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

sudo aptitude install node-static

Summary

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