zimwriterfs command not found

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

Introduction

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

zimwriterfs: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: zimwriterfs: command not found

In Ubuntu zimwriterfs is provided by zim-tools package.

zim-tools is:

ZIM tools is a collection of various command-line utilities for interacting and working with the ZIM file format.

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

sudo apt-get -y install zim-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install zim-tools.

sudo apt -y install zim-tools

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

sudo aptitude install zim-tools

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