sa-compile command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix sa-compile command not found error message

Introduction

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

sa-compile: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: sa-compile: command not found

In Ubuntu sa-compile is provided by sa-compile package.

sa-compile is:

sa-compile uses “re2c” to compile the site-wide parts of the SpamAssassin ruleset into C code for more efficient processing by spamd or spamassassin.

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

sudo apt-get -y install sa-compile

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

You can also use apt command to install sa-compile.

sudo apt -y install sa-compile

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

sudo aptitude install sa-compile

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