ksystemlog command not found

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

Introduction

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

ksystemlog: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ksystemlog: command not found

Solutions to ksystemlog: command not found

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

In Ubuntu ksystemlog is provided by ksystemlog package.

ksystemlog is:

KSystemLog show all logs of your system, grouped by General (Default system log, Authentication, Kernel, X.org…), and optional Services (Apache, Cups, etc, …). It includes many features to read nicely your log files:

  • Colorize log lines depending on their severities
  • Tabbed view to allow displaying several logs at the same time
  • Auto display new lines logged
  • Detailed information for each log lines

This package is part of the KDE administration module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ksystemlog

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

You can also use apt command to install ksystemlog.

sudo apt -y install ksystemlog

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

sudo aptitude install ksystemlog

Summary

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