update-canna-dics_dir command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix update-canna-dics_dir command not found error message

Introduction

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

update-canna-dics_dir: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: update-canna-dics_dir: command not found

Solutions to update-canna-dics_dir: command not found

How To Fix update-canna-dics_dir: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu update-canna-dics_dir is provided by canna package.

canna is:

Canna provides a unified user interface for Japanese input. It is based on a client-server model and supports automatic kana-to-kanji conversion.

It supports multiple clients (including kinput2 and canuum), and allows them all to work in the same way, sharing customization files, romaji-to-kana conversion rules and conversion dictionaries.

This package provides the Canna server program and dictionary files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install canna

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

You can also use apt command to install canna.

sudo apt -y install canna

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

sudo aptitude install canna

Summary

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