wcd.exec command not found

Introduction

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

wcd.exec: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: wcd.exec: command not found

Solutions to wcd.exec: command not found

How To Fix wcd.exec: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu wcd.exec is provided by wcd package.

wcd is:

Wcd (Wherever Change Directory) is a program to quickly change directories. It saves time typing at the keyboard. One needs to type only a part of a directory name and wcd will jump to it. By default, wcd searches for a directory with a name that begins with what has been typed, but the use of wildcards is also fully supported.

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

sudo apt-get -y install wcd

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

You can also use apt command to install wcd.

sudo apt -y install wcd

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

sudo aptitude install wcd

Summary

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