skksearch command not found

Introduction

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

skksearch: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: skksearch: command not found

Solutions to skksearch: command not found

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

In Ubuntu skksearch is provided by skksearch package.

skksearch is:

skksearch is a dictionary server for SKK Japanese input systems. skksearch can deal with more than one dictionary and supports three types of dictionaries, that is, plain, Berkeley DB and cdb (DJB’s constant database).

skksearch is compatible with skkserv on the protocol behavior. It is called from an internet super-server.

By default, this package uses the SKK dictionary cdb file `SKK-JISYO.cdb’ that is provided by the skkdic-cdb package. Also, you can use other dictionary files such as the skkdic-extra package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install skksearch

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

You can also use apt command to install skksearch.

sudo apt -y install skksearch

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

sudo aptitude install skksearch

Summary

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