dh_sysuser command not found

Introduction

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

dh_sysuser: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dh_sysuser: command not found

Solutions to dh_sysuser: command not found

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

In Ubuntu dh_sysuser is provided by dh-sysuser package.

dh-sysuser is:

dh-sysuser provides a debhelper sequence addon named ‘sysuser’ and command ‘dh_sysuser’, which provide declarating way to ensure, that required users are present after package installation and correctly handled after package removal.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dh-sysuser

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

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

sudo apt -y install dh-sysuser

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

sudo aptitude install dh-sysuser

Summary

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