public-inbox-purge command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix public-inbox-purge command not found error message

Introduction

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

public-inbox-purge: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: public-inbox-purge: command not found

In Ubuntu public-inbox-purge is provided by public-inbox package.

public-inbox is:

public-inbox is an mailing list archiver that provides a searchable web interface, provides the archived mails via git and nntp.

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

sudo apt-get -y install public-inbox

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

You can also use apt command to install public-inbox.

sudo apt -y install public-inbox

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

sudo aptitude install public-inbox

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