mkrescue command not found

Introduction

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

mkrescue: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mkrescue: command not found

Solutions to mkrescue: command not found

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

In Ubuntu mkrescue is provided by lilo package.

lilo is:

You can use LILO to manage your Master Boot Record (with a simple text screen, text menu or colorful splash graphics) or call LILO from other Boot-Loaders to jump-start the Linux kernel.

This package contains lilo (the installer) and boot-record-images to install Linux, DOS and generic Boot Sectors for other operation systems.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lilo

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

You can also use apt command to install lilo.

sudo apt -y install lilo

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

sudo aptitude install lilo

Summary

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