dh_germinate_metapackage command not found

Introduction

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

dh_germinate_metapackage: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dh_germinate_metapackage: command not found

Solutions to dh_germinate_metapackage: command not found

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

In Ubuntu dh_germinate_metapackage is provided by germinate package.

germinate is:

Germinate takes lists of seed packages and expands their dependencies to produce a full list of packages. This can be used for purposes such as managing the list of packages present in a derived distribution’s archive or CD builds.

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

sudo apt-get -y install germinate

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

You can also use apt command to install germinate.

sudo apt -y install germinate

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

sudo aptitude install germinate

Summary

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