dh_perl6_maintscript command not found

Introduction

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

dh_perl6_maintscript: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dh_perl6_maintscript: command not found

Solutions to dh_perl6_maintscript: command not found

How To Fix dh_perl6_maintscript: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu dh_perl6_maintscript is provided by dh-perl6 package.

dh-perl6 is:

dh-perl6 provides a debhelper add-on called ‘perl6’. This simplifies common steps of Perl 6 package building, like postinst and postrm scripts and communicating module dependencies to the rakudo install helpers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dh-perl6

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

You can also use apt command to install dh-perl6.

sudo apt -y install dh-perl6

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

sudo aptitude install dh-perl6

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix dh_perl6_maintscript command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.