consolation command not found

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

Introduction

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

consolation: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: consolation: command not found

In Ubuntu consolation is provided by consolation package.

consolation is:

This package provides copy-paste and scrolling support to the Linux console.

It is based on the libinput library and supports all pointer devices and settings provided by this library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install consolation

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

You can also use apt command to install consolation.

sudo apt -y install consolation

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

sudo aptitude install consolation

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