debconf-loadtemplate command not found

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

Introduction

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

debconf-loadtemplate: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: debconf-loadtemplate: command not found

In Ubuntu debconf-loadtemplate is provided by debconf-utils package.

debconf-utils is:

This package contains some small utilities for debconf developers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install debconf-utils

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

You can also use apt command to install debconf-utils.

sudo apt -y install debconf-utils

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

sudo aptitude install debconf-utils

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