chkservice command not found

Introduction

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

chkservice: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: chkservice: command not found

Solutions to chkservice: command not found

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

In Ubuntu chkservice is provided by chkservice package.

chkservice is:

chkservice is an ncurses-based tool for managing systemd units from the terminal. It provides the user with a comprehensive view of all systemd services and allows them to be changed easily. chkservice requires superuser privileges to make unit state changes.

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

sudo apt-get -y install chkservice

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

You can also use apt command to install chkservice.

sudo apt -y install chkservice

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

sudo aptitude install chkservice

Summary

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