update-manager command not found

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

Introduction

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

update-manager: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: update-manager: command not found

In Ubuntu update-manager is provided by update-manager package.

update-manager is:

This is the GNOME apt update manager. It checks for updates and lets the user choose which to install.

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

sudo apt-get -y install update-manager

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

You can also use apt command to install update-manager.

sudo apt -y install update-manager

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

sudo aptitude install update-manager

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