dh_asterisk command not found

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

Introduction

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

dh_asterisk: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dh_asterisk: command not found

In Ubuntu dh_asterisk is provided by asterisk-dev package.

asterisk-dev is:

Asterisk is an Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit.

This package contains the include files used if you wish to compile a package which requires Asterisk’s source file headers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install asterisk-dev

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

You can also use apt command to install asterisk-dev.

sudo apt -y install asterisk-dev

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

sudo aptitude install asterisk-dev

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