vbindiff command not found

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

Introduction

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

vbindiff: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: vbindiff: command not found

Solutions to vbindiff: command not found

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

In Ubuntu vbindiff is provided by vbindiff package.

vbindiff is:

Visual Binary Diff (VBinDiff) displays files in hexadecimal and ASCII (or EBCDIC). It can also display two files at once, and highlight the differences between them. Unlike diff, it works well with large files (up to 4 GB).

VBinDiff was inspired by the Compare Files function of the ProSel utilities by Glen Bredon, for the Apple II. The single-file mode was inspired by the LIST utility of 4DOS and friends.

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

sudo apt-get -y install vbindiff

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

You can also use apt command to install vbindiff.

sudo apt -y install vbindiff

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

sudo aptitude install vbindiff

Summary

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