pmake command not found

Introduction

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

pmake: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pmake: command not found

Solutions to pmake: command not found

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

In Ubuntu pmake is provided by bmake package.

bmake is:

bmake is a program designed to simplify the maintenance of other programs. Its input is a list of specifications as to the files upon which programs and other files depend. mkdep, a program to construct Makefile dependency lists, is also included.

bmake is a port of the NetBSD make tool.

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

sudo apt-get -y install bmake

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

You can also use apt command to install bmake.

sudo apt -y install bmake

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

sudo aptitude install bmake

Summary

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