dh_consoledata command not found

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

Introduction

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

dh_consoledata: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dh_consoledata: command not found

In Ubuntu dh_consoledata is provided by dh-consoledata package.

dh-consoledata is:

This package assists in building consistent packages of data-files for the Linux text console.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dh-consoledata

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

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

sudo apt -y install dh-consoledata

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

sudo aptitude install dh-consoledata

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