flatpak-builder command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix flatpak-builder command not found error message

Introduction

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

flatpak-builder: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: flatpak-builder: command not found

In Ubuntu flatpak-builder is provided by flatpak-builder package.

flatpak-builder is:

Flatpak installs, manages and runs sandboxed desktop application bundles. See the flatpak package for a more comprehensive description.

flatpak-builder is a tool that makes it easy to build applications and their dependencies by automating the configure && make && make install steps.

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

sudo apt-get -y install flatpak-builder

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

You can also use apt command to install flatpak-builder.

sudo apt -y install flatpak-builder

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

sudo aptitude install flatpak-builder

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