bioctl command not found

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

Introduction

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

bioctl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bioctl: command not found

In Ubuntu bioctl is provided by libpam-biometric package.

libpam-biometric is:

The indispensable part for biometric authentication in ukui desktop environment. This package contains a modules for PAM.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpam-biometric

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

You can also use apt command to install libpam-biometric.

sudo apt -y install libpam-biometric

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

sudo aptitude install libpam-biometric

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