apt-forktracer command not found

Introduction

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

apt-forktracer: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: apt-forktracer: command not found

Solutions to apt-forktracer: command not found

How To Fix apt-forktracer: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu apt-forktracer is provided by apt-forktracer package.

apt-forktracer is:

apt-forktracer tries to alleviate the problem that APT stops tracking official versions of a package after you pin it or install a newer version.

apt-forktracer displays a list of packages which are in an inconsistent state, or whose installed version is different than the newest official one. You can choose to ignore certain packages - if they match certain criteria - using a configuration file.

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

sudo apt-get -y install apt-forktracer

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

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

sudo apt -y install apt-forktracer

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

sudo aptitude install apt-forktracer

Summary

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