dh_sphinxdoc command not found

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

Introduction

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

dh_sphinxdoc: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dh_sphinxdoc: command not found

In Ubuntu dh_sphinxdoc is provided by sphinx-common package.

sphinx-common is:

Sphinx is a tool for producing documentation for Python projects, using reStructuredText as markup language.

This package includes manual pages, templates, translations and other data files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install sphinx-common

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

You can also use apt command to install sphinx-common.

sudo apt -y install sphinx-common

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

sudo aptitude install sphinx-common

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