dotlockfile command not found

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

Introduction

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

dotlockfile: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dotlockfile: command not found

In Ubuntu dotlockfile is provided by liblockfile-bin package.

liblockfile-bin is:

This package contains support binaries for the liblockfile library, and the command-line utility ``dotlockfile’'.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblockfile-bin

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

You can also use apt command to install liblockfile-bin.

sudo apt -y install liblockfile-bin

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

sudo aptitude install liblockfile-bin

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