cdbs-edit-patch command not found

Introduction

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

cdbs-edit-patch: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: cdbs-edit-patch: command not found

Solutions to cdbs-edit-patch: command not found

How To Fix cdbs-edit-patch: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu cdbs-edit-patch is provided by cdbs package.

cdbs is:

This package contains the Common Debian Build System, an abstract build system based on Makefile inheritance which is completely extensible and overridable. In other words, CDBS provides a sane set of default rules upon which packages can build; any or all rules may be overridden as needed.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cdbs

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

You can also use apt command to install cdbs.

sudo apt -y install cdbs

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

sudo aptitude install cdbs

Summary

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