python3-coverage command not found

Introduction

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

python3-coverage: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: python3-coverage: command not found

Solutions to python3-coverage: command not found

How To Fix python3-coverage: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu python3-coverage is provided by python3-coverage package.

python3-coverage is:

Coverage.py is a tool for measuring code coverage of Python programs. It monitors your program, noting which parts of the code have been executed, then analyzes the source to identify code that could have been executed but was not.

Coverage measurement is typically used to gauge the effectiveness of tests. It can show which parts of your code are being exercised by tests, and which are not.

This package installs the Python version 3 ‘coverage’ library, and the ‘python3-coverage’ program to perform and report coverage tests.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-coverage

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

You can also use apt command to install python3-coverage.

sudo apt -y install python3-coverage

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

sudo aptitude install python3-coverage

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix python3-coverage command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.