tmfs command not found

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

Introduction

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

tmfs: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: tmfs: command not found

Solutions to tmfs: command not found

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

In Ubuntu tmfs is provided by tmfs package.

tmfs is:

Time Machine File System is a read-only virtual filesystem which helps you to read your Apple Time Machine Backup by reconstructing the hard-linked directories from the HFS+ metadata directory.

You can browse the tmfs mounted Time Machine normally and easily recover data from any backup point contained within.

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

sudo apt-get -y install tmfs

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

You can also use apt command to install tmfs.

sudo apt -y install tmfs

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

sudo aptitude install tmfs

Summary

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