rhash command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix rhash command not found error message

Introduction

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

rhash: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: rhash: command not found

Solutions to rhash: command not found

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

In Ubuntu rhash is provided by rhash package.

rhash is:

RHash is a console utility for calculation and verification of magnet links and a wide range of hash sums like CRC32, MD4, MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512, AICH, ED2K, Tiger, DC++ TTH, BitTorrent BTIH, GOST R 34.11-94, RIPEMD-160, HAS-160, EDON-R, Whirlpool and Snefru. Hash sums are used to ensure and verify integrity of large volumes of data for a long-term storing or transferring.

Features:

  • Output in a predefined (SFV, BSD-like) or a user-defined format.
  • Can calculate Magnet links.
  • Ability to process directories recursively.
  • Updating hash files (adding hash sums of files missing in the hash file).
  • Portability: the program works the same on Linux, *BSD or Windows.

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

sudo apt-get -y install rhash

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

You can also use apt command to install rhash.

sudo apt -y install rhash

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

sudo aptitude install rhash

Summary

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