coredumpctl command not found

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

Introduction

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

coredumpctl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: coredumpctl: command not found

Solutions to coredumpctl: command not found

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

In Ubuntu coredumpctl is provided by systemd-coredump package.

systemd-coredump is:

This package provides systemd tools for storing and retrieving coredumps:

  • systemd-coredump
  • coredumpctl

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

sudo apt-get -y install systemd-coredump

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

You can also use apt command to install systemd-coredump.

sudo apt -y install systemd-coredump

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

sudo aptitude install systemd-coredump

Summary

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