mkhomedir_helper command not found

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

Introduction

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

mkhomedir_helper: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mkhomedir_helper: command not found

In Ubuntu mkhomedir_helper is provided by libpam-modules-bin package.

libpam-modules-bin is:

This package contains helper binaries used by the standard set of PAM modules in the libpam-modules package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpam-modules-bin

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

You can also use apt command to install libpam-modules-bin.

sudo apt -y install libpam-modules-bin

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

sudo aptitude install libpam-modules-bin

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