dh_autoreconf_clean command not found

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

Introduction

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

dh_autoreconf_clean: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dh_autoreconf_clean: command not found

In Ubuntu dh_autoreconf_clean is provided by dh-autoreconf package.

dh-autoreconf is:

dh-autoreconf provides a debhelper sequence addon named ‘autoreconf’ and two commands, dh_autoreconf and dh_autoreconf_clean.

The dh_autoreconf command creates a list of the files and their checksums, calls autoreconf and then creates a second list for the new files.

The dh_autoreconf_clean command compares these two lists and removes all files which have been added or changed (files may be excluded if needed).

For CDBS users, a rule is provided to call the dh-autoreconf programs at the right time.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dh-autoreconf

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

You can also use apt command to install dh-autoreconf.

sudo apt -y install dh-autoreconf

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

sudo aptitude install dh-autoreconf

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