tang-show-keys command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix tang-show-keys command not found error message

Introduction

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

tang-show-keys: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: tang-show-keys: command not found

In Ubuntu tang-show-keys is provided by tang-common package.

tang-common is:

Tang is a service for binding cryptographic keys to network presence. It offers a secure, stateless, anonymous alternative to key escrow services.

This package provides the files common for both backends.

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

sudo apt-get -y install tang-common

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

You can also use apt command to install tang-common.

sudo apt -y install tang-common

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

sudo aptitude install tang-common

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