dpkg command not found

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

Introduction

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

dpkg: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dpkg: command not found

In Ubuntu dpkg is provided by dpkg package.

dpkg is:

This package provides the low-level infrastructure for handling the installation and removal of Debian software packages.

For Debian package development tools, install dpkg-dev.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dpkg

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

You can also use apt command to install dpkg.

sudo apt -y install dpkg

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

sudo aptitude install dpkg

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