deborphan command not found

Introduction

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

deborphan: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: deborphan: command not found

Solutions to deborphan: command not found

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

In Ubuntu deborphan is provided by deborphan package.

deborphan is:

deborphan finds “orphaned” packages on your system. It determines which packages have no other packages depending on their installation and shows you a list of these packages. It is most useful when finding libraries, but it can be used on packages in all sections.

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

sudo apt-get -y install deborphan

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

You can also use apt command to install deborphan.

sudo apt -y install deborphan

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

sudo aptitude install deborphan

Summary

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