zstd command not found

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

Introduction

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

zstd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: zstd: command not found

In Ubuntu zstd is provided by zstd package.

zstd is:

Zstd, short for Zstandard, is a fast lossless compression algorithm, targeting real-time compression scenarios at zlib-level compression ratio.

This package contains the CLI program implementing zstd.

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

sudo apt-get -y install zstd

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

You can also use apt command to install zstd.

sudo apt -y install zstd

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

sudo aptitude install zstd

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