rdup command not found

Introduction

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

rdup: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: rdup: command not found

Solutions to rdup: command not found

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

In Ubuntu rdup is provided by rdup package.

rdup is:

rdup is a utility inspired by rsync and the plan9 way of doing things. rdup itself does not backup anything. It only prints a list of files that are changed, or all files in case of a null dump. It also handles files that are removed, allowing for correct incremental backups.

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

sudo apt-get -y install rdup

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

You can also use apt command to install rdup.

sudo apt -y install rdup

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

sudo aptitude install rdup

Summary

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