vdirsyncer command not found

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

Introduction

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

vdirsyncer: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: vdirsyncer: command not found

Solutions to vdirsyncer: command not found

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

In Ubuntu vdirsyncer is provided by vdirsyncer package.

vdirsyncer is:

Vdirsyncer synchronizes your calendars and addressbooks between two storages. The most popular purpose is to synchronize a CalDAV/CardDAV server with a local folder or file. The local data can then be accessed via a variety of programs, none of which have to know or worry about syncing to a server.

It aims to be for CalDAV and CardDAV what OfflineIMAP is for IMAP.

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

sudo apt-get -y install vdirsyncer

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

You can also use apt command to install vdirsyncer.

sudo apt -y install vdirsyncer

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

sudo aptitude install vdirsyncer

Summary

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