socksify_ruby command not found

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

Introduction

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

socksify_ruby: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: socksify_ruby: command not found

In Ubuntu socksify_ruby is provided by ruby-socksify package.

ruby-socksify is:

The shell script socksify is meant to aid in using socks with already compiled dynamic binaries.

This works by setting the LD_PRELOAD environment variable to libdsocks. It will then attempt to wrap all networking-related system calls.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-socksify

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

You can also use apt command to install ruby-socksify.

sudo apt -y install ruby-socksify

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

sudo aptitude install ruby-socksify

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