squidGuard command not found

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

Introduction

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

squidGuard: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: squidGuard: command not found

Solutions to squidGuard: command not found

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

In Ubuntu squidGuard is provided by squidguard package.

squidguard is:

squidGuard is a free, flexible and ultra fast filter, redirector and access controller plugin for squid. It lets you define multiple access rules with different restrictions for different user groups on a squid cache. squidGuard uses squid’s standard redirector interface.

Three seldom used contrib scripts need perl support: squidGuardRobot, sgclean, hostbyname

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

sudo apt-get -y install squidguard

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

You can also use apt command to install squidguard.

sudo apt -y install squidguard

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

sudo aptitude install squidguard

Summary

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