mksubvolume command not found

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

Introduction

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

mksubvolume: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mksubvolume: command not found

Solutions to mksubvolume: command not found

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

In Ubuntu mksubvolume is provided by snapper package.

snapper is:

Snapper is a tool for Linux filesystem snapshot management. Apart from the obvious creation and deletion of snapshots, it can compare snapshots and revert differences between snapshots. In simple terms, this allows root and non-root users to view older versions of files and revert changes.

The features include:

Manually create snapshots
Automatically create snapshots, e.g. when using a package manager
Automatically create timeline of snapshots
Show and revert changes between snapshots
Works with btrfs and thin-provisioned LVM volumes
Supports Access Control Lists and Extended Attributes
Automatic cleanup of old snapshots
Command line interface
D-Bus interface
PAM module to create snapshots during login and logout (libpam-snapper)

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

sudo apt-get -y install snapper

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

You can also use apt command to install snapper.

sudo apt -y install snapper

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

sudo aptitude install snapper

Summary

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