cme command not found

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

Introduction

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

cme: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: cme: command not found

Solutions to cme: command not found

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

In Ubuntu cme is provided by cme package.

cme is:

cme provides a command to check or edit configuration data with Config::Model.

cme and Config::Model are quite modular: the configuration data that you can edit depend on installed packages. I.e.:

  • ssh client or ssh daemon config: libconfig-model-openssh-perl
  • approx config: libconfig-model-approx-perl
  • lcdproc config: libconfig-model-lcdproc-perl
  • popcon config: provided with libconfig-model-perl
  • systemd config: provided with libconfig-model-systemd-perl

Some applications can be handled by cme:

  • Debian package files: libconfig-model-dpkg-perl
  • multistrap files: provided with libconfig-model-perl

You can also choose a user interface:

  • graphical, based on Tk: libconfig-model-tkui-perl
  • curses based: libconfig-model-cursesui-perl
  • simple shell: provided with libconfig-model-perl

Last but not least, you can also take a stab at maintaining configuration model with libconfig-model-itself-perl.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cme

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

You can also use apt command to install cme.

sudo apt -y install cme

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

sudo aptitude install cme

Summary

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