vrms command not found

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

Introduction

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

vrms: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: vrms: command not found

Solutions to vrms: command not found

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

In Ubuntu vrms is provided by vrms package.

vrms is:

The vrms program will analyze the set of currently-installed packages on a Debian-based system, and report all of the packages from the non-free and contrib trees which are currently installed.

In some cases, the opinions of Richard M. Stallman and the Debian project have diverged since this program was originally written. In such cases, this program follows the Debian Free Software Guidelines.

Note that vrms is not limited to Debian systems only (which means that it also works with Debian-derived distributions such as Ubuntu). It is also not limited to Linux-based systems.

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

sudo apt-get -y install vrms

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

You can also use apt command to install vrms.

sudo apt -y install vrms

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

sudo aptitude install vrms

Summary

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