obs-build command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix obs-build command not found error message

Introduction

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

obs-build: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: obs-build: command not found

Solutions to obs-build: command not found

How To Fix obs-build: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu obs-build is provided by obs-build package.

obs-build is:

This package provides scripts for building RPM and debian packages in contained environments for various build distributions. These tools are use by Open Build Service workers and openSUSE distribution by default.

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

sudo apt-get -y install obs-build

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

You can also use apt command to install obs-build.

sudo apt -y install obs-build

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

sudo aptitude install obs-build

Summary

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