packagesearch command not found

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

Introduction

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

packagesearch: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: packagesearch: command not found

In Ubuntu packagesearch is provided by packagesearch package.

packagesearch is:

This tool is aimed to help you search the packages you need. It should make the task of searching a pleasant experience.

Search can be done by

pattern
tags (based on the debtags system)
files
installed status
orphaned packages Additionally a lot of information about the packages is displayed, including screenshots and the files within a package.

It is possible to install or remove packages.

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

sudo apt-get -y install packagesearch

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

You can also use apt command to install packagesearch.

sudo apt -y install packagesearch

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

sudo aptitude install packagesearch

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