dpkg-preconfigure command not found

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

Introduction

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

dpkg-preconfigure: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dpkg-preconfigure: command not found

In Ubuntu dpkg-preconfigure is provided by debconf package.

debconf is:

Debconf is a configuration management system for debian packages. Packages use Debconf to ask questions when they are installed.

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

sudo apt-get -y install debconf

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

You can also use apt command to install debconf.

sudo apt -y install debconf

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

sudo aptitude install debconf

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