dh_golang command not found

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

Introduction

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

dh_golang: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dh_golang: command not found

In Ubuntu dh_golang is provided by dh-golang package.

dh-golang is:

dh-golang provides a debhelper sequence addon named ‘golang’, a buildsystem module named ‘golang’ and a command called dh_golang.

The golang debhelper buildsystem is designed to make packaging programs written in Go very simple.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dh-golang

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

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

sudo apt -y install dh-golang

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

sudo aptitude install dh-golang

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