update-info-dir command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix update-info-dir command not found error message

Introduction

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

update-info-dir: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: update-info-dir: command not found

In Ubuntu update-info-dir is provided by install-info package.

install-info is:

The install-info utility creates the index of all installed documentation in info format and makes it available to info readers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install install-info

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

You can also use apt command to install install-info.

sudo apt -y install install-info

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

sudo aptitude install install-info

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