dh_di_kernel_gencontrol command not found

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

Introduction

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

dh_di_kernel_gencontrol: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dh_di_kernel_gencontrol: command not found

In Ubuntu dh_di_kernel_gencontrol is provided by dh-di package.

dh-di is:

This debhelper addon automates various specialised tasks needed to build packages that form part of the Debian installer (d-i).

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

sudo apt-get -y install dh-di

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

You can also use apt command to install dh-di.

sudo apt -y install dh-di

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

sudo aptitude install dh-di

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