console-conf command not found

Introduction

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

console-conf: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: console-conf: command not found

Solutions to console-conf: command not found

How To Fix console-conf: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu console-conf is provided by console-conf package.

console-conf is:

SUbiquity is an installer system for servers, embedded devices and desktops or laptops meant to build systems as quickly as possible for users to reach a point where their system is usable.

By default, subiquity provides a “first boot” experience that allows users to do initial system configuration such as adding users and login settings, along with doing basic network configuration. It can also be used to build a new system from the ground up, partitioning and copying a disk image to the storage device selected by the user.

This package provides the setup routines for pre-ownership configuration of a system.

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

sudo apt-get -y install console-conf

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

You can also use apt command to install console-conf.

sudo apt -y install console-conf

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

sudo aptitude install console-conf

Summary

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