debconf command not found

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

Introduction

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

debconf: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: debconf: command not found

In Ubuntu debconf is provided by debconf package.

debconf is:

Debconf is a configuration management system for debian packages. Packages use Debconf to ask questions when they are installed.

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

sudo apt-get -y install debconf

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

You can also use apt command to install debconf.

sudo apt -y install debconf

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

sudo aptitude install debconf

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