dh_elpa_test command not found

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

Introduction

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

dh_elpa_test: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dh_elpa_test: command not found

In Ubuntu dh_elpa_test is provided by dh-elpa package.

dh-elpa is:

This package provides a helper for packaging emacs lisp extensions in a way compatible with the GNU Emacs ’elpa’ package repository.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dh-elpa

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

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

sudo apt -y install dh-elpa

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

sudo aptitude install dh-elpa

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