zssh command not found

Introduction

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

zssh: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: zssh: command not found

Solutions to zssh: command not found

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

In Ubuntu zssh is provided by zssh package.

zssh is:

zssh (Zmodem SSH) is a program for interactively transferring files to a remote machine while using the secure shell (ssh). It is intended to be a convenient alternative to scp, allowing to transfer files without having to open another session and re-authenticate oneself.

Files are transferred through the zmodem protocol, using the rz and sz commands.

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

sudo apt-get -y install zssh

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

You can also use apt command to install zssh.

sudo apt -y install zssh

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

sudo aptitude install zssh

Summary

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