smbios-sys-info-lite command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix smbios-sys-info-lite command not found error message

Introduction

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

smbios-sys-info-lite: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: smbios-sys-info-lite: command not found

In Ubuntu smbios-sys-info-lite is provided by smbios-utils package.

smbios-utils is:

libsmbios aims towards providing access to as much BIOS information as possible. This package includes libsmbios’ sample binaries/utilities.

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

sudo apt-get -y install smbios-utils

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

You can also use apt command to install smbios-utils.

sudo apt -y install smbios-utils

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

sudo aptitude install smbios-utils

In this tutorial we learn how to fix smbios-sys-info-lite command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.