dselect command not found

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

Introduction

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

dselect: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: dselect: command not found

In Ubuntu dselect is provided by dselect package.

dselect is:

dselect is a high-level interface for managing the installation and removal of Debian software packages.

Many users find dselect intimidating and new users may prefer to use apt-based user interfaces.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dselect

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

You can also use apt command to install dselect.

sudo apt -y install dselect

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

sudo aptitude install dselect

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