ptee command not found

Introduction

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

ptee: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ptee: command not found

Solutions to ptee: command not found

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

In Ubuntu ptee is provided by pipexec package.

pipexec is:

pipexec creates an arbitrary network (directed graph) of processes and pipes in between - even cycles are possible. It overcomes the short comings of shells that are typically only able to create non cyclic trees.

pipexec also monitors all its child processes and is able to restart the whole network of processes and pipes if one crashes. Therefore pipexec can be used in SYSV-init or systemd configuration to run a network of processes.

The package also contains two tools ‘ptee’ and ‘peet’ which are the piped version of the ’tee’ and ’eet’ (reverse tee) commands.

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

sudo apt-get -y install pipexec

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

You can also use apt command to install pipexec.

sudo apt -y install pipexec

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

sudo aptitude install pipexec

Summary

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