daptup command not found

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

Introduction

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

daptup: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: daptup: command not found

In Ubuntu daptup is provided by daptup package.

daptup is:

Daptup is the apt hook which runs automatically within ‘apt-get update’ or ‘cupt update’ and outputs four lists:

packages came to archive with this update;
new upgradeable packages;
changes in “watched” packages (not installed, such packages have to be specified in configuration file);
outdated packages that have a new install candidate (optionally).

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

sudo apt-get -y install daptup

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

You can also use apt command to install daptup.

sudo apt -y install daptup

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

sudo aptitude install daptup

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