pwmake command not found

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

Introduction

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

pwmake: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pwmake: command not found

Solutions to pwmake: command not found

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

In Ubuntu pwmake is provided by libpwquality-tools package.

libpwquality-tools is:

libpwquality’s purpose is to provide common functions for password quality checking and also scoring them based on their apparent randomness. The library also provides a function for generating random passwords with good pronounceability.

Tools for password quality checking and generation.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpwquality-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install libpwquality-tools.

sudo apt -y install libpwquality-tools

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

sudo aptitude install libpwquality-tools

Summary

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