dh_ctest_test command not found

Introduction

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

dh_ctest_test: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dh_ctest_test: command not found

Solutions to dh_ctest_test: command not found

How To Fix dh_ctest_test: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu dh_ctest_test is provided by dh-cmake package.

dh-cmake is:

dh-cmake provides a set of Debhelper utilities for building packages that use advanced features of the CMake buildsystem, such as component installation, CTest dashboard testing, and CPack dependency metadata.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dh-cmake

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

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

sudo apt -y install dh-cmake

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

sudo aptitude install dh-cmake

Summary

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