newuidmap command not found

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

Introduction

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

newuidmap: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: newuidmap: command not found

In Ubuntu newuidmap is provided by uidmap package.

uidmap is:

These programs help unprivileged users to create uid and gid mappings in user namespaces.

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

sudo apt-get -y install uidmap

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

You can also use apt command to install uidmap.

sudo apt -y install uidmap

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

sudo aptitude install uidmap

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