dpkg-log-summary command not found

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

Introduction

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

dpkg-log-summary: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dpkg-log-summary: command not found

In Ubuntu dpkg-log-summary is provided by xdiagnose package.

xdiagnose is:

This package is a friendly GUI application for diagnosing several common X.org problems on Ubuntu.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xdiagnose

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

You can also use apt command to install xdiagnose.

sudo apt -y install xdiagnose

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

sudo aptitude install xdiagnose

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