dh_package_notes command not found

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

Introduction

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

dh_package_notes: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dh_package_notes: command not found

In Ubuntu dh_package_notes is provided by dh-package-notes package.

dh-package-notes is:

Generate a linker script to add package metadata to the ELF binaries being built. See: https://systemd.io/COREDUMP_PACKAGE_METADATA/

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

sudo apt-get -y install dh-package-notes

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

You can also use apt command to install dh-package-notes.

sudo apt -y install dh-package-notes

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

sudo aptitude install dh-package-notes

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