typefortune command not found

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

Introduction

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

typefortune: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: typefortune: command not found

In Ubuntu typefortune is provided by gtypist package.

gtypist is:

Displays exercise lines, measures your typing speed and accuracy, and displays the results. Two exercise types are possible: drills and speed tests.

You need fortune cookies (fortune-cookie-db) to use typefortune. There are several languages specific cookie packages (fortunes-*).

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

sudo apt-get -y install gtypist

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

You can also use apt command to install gtypist.

sudo apt -y install gtypist

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

sudo aptitude install gtypist

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