debdate command not found

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

Introduction

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

debdate: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: debdate: command not found

In Ubuntu debdate is provided by debdate package.

debdate is:

Displays the Debian Regnal date of a given date, where the years are named after the current stable release.

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

sudo apt-get -y install debdate

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

You can also use apt command to install debdate.

sudo apt -y install debdate

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

sudo aptitude install debdate

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