dh_phppear command not found

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

Introduction

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

dh_phppear: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dh_phppear: command not found

In Ubuntu dh_phppear is provided by pkg-php-tools package.

pkg-php-tools is:

Provide an easy way to package PHP PEAR, PECL and Composer packages: Run dh_make, edit debian/rules and debian/control and that’s it!

Detailed instructions can be found in included READMEs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install pkg-php-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install pkg-php-tools.

sudo apt -y install pkg-php-tools

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

sudo aptitude install pkg-php-tools

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