rig command not found

Introduction

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

rig: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: rig: command not found

Solutions to rig: command not found

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

In Ubuntu rig is provided by rig package.

rig is:

RIG (Random Identity Generator) is a free replacement for a shareware program out there called ‘fake’. It generates random, yet real-looking, personal data. It is useful if you need to feed a name to a Web site, BBS, or real person, and are too lazy to think of one yourself. Also, if the Web site/BBS/person you are giving the information to tries to cross-check the city, state, zip, or area code, it will check out.

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

sudo apt-get -y install rig

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

You can also use apt command to install rig.

sudo apt -y install rig

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

sudo aptitude install rig

Summary

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