dh_lua command not found

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

Introduction

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

dh_lua: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dh_lua: command not found

In Ubuntu dh_lua is provided by dh-lua package.

dh-lua is:

This package contains the Debian policy for the Debian packages relative to the Lua scripting language, as well as some tools to help build them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dh-lua

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

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

sudo apt -y install dh-lua

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

sudo aptitude install dh-lua

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