checkpc command not found

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

Introduction

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

checkpc: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: checkpc: command not found

Solutions to checkpc: command not found

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

In Ubuntu checkpc is provided by lprng package.

lprng is:

The LPRng software is an enhanced, extended, and portable version of the Berkeley LPR software (the standards UNIX printer spooler) You can use this for local and remote printers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lprng

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

You can also use apt command to install lprng.

sudo apt -y install lprng

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

sudo aptitude install lprng

Summary

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