dh_gnome_clean command not found

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

Introduction

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

dh_gnome_clean: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dh_gnome_clean: command not found

Solutions to dh_gnome_clean: command not found

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

In Ubuntu dh_gnome_clean is provided by gnome-pkg-tools package.

gnome-pkg-tools is:

This package contains some useful tools for the Debian GNOME Packaging Team including:

  • Documentation.
  • The list of team members.
  • A number of rules files for CDBS that are helpful for GNOME packages - but may also be useful for others.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-pkg-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install gnome-pkg-tools.

sudo apt -y install gnome-pkg-tools

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

sudo aptitude install gnome-pkg-tools

Summary

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