pmeth command not found

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

Introduction

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

pmeth: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pmeth: command not found

Solutions to pmeth: command not found

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

In Ubuntu pmeth is provided by pmtools package.

pmtools is:

Perl module tools is a suite of small tools that help manage and inspect perl modules, perl Plain Old Documentation files, and perl programs.

Some of the things these tools can do include:

  • show the full path to a module
  • show the version and description of a module
  • list all installed modules with descriptions
  • show what files a given program or module loads at compile time
  • show what symbols a module exports
  • list the methods of a class
  • display the source code of a function of a module

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

sudo apt-get -y install pmtools

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

You can also use apt command to install pmtools.

sudo apt -y install pmtools

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

sudo aptitude install pmtools

Summary

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