thin command not found

Introduction

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

thin: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: thin: command not found

Solutions to thin: command not found

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

In Ubuntu thin is provided by thin package.

thin is:

Thin is a Ruby web server that glues together 3 of the best Ruby libraries in web history:

• the Mongrel parser, the root of Mongrel’s speed and security
• Event Machine, a network I/O library with extremely high scalability, performance and stability
• Rack, a minimal interface between webservers and Ruby frameworks

Which makes it, with all humility, the most secure, stable, fast and extensible Ruby web server bundled in an easy to use package for your own pleasure.

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

sudo apt-get -y install thin

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

You can also use apt command to install thin.

sudo apt -y install thin

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

sudo aptitude install thin

Summary

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