sstream-query command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix sstream-query command not found error message

Introduction

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

sstream-query: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: sstream-query: command not found

In Ubuntu sstream-query is provided by simplestreams package.

simplestreams is:

This package provides a client for interacting with simple streams data as is produced to describe Ubuntu’s cloud images.

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

sudo apt-get -y install simplestreams

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

You can also use apt command to install simplestreams.

sudo apt -y install simplestreams

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

sudo aptitude install simplestreams

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