genindex command not found

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

Introduction

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

genindex: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: genindex: command not found

In Ubuntu genindex is provided by vdr-genindex package.

vdr-genindex is:

Useful if you lost the original index file or if you want to create an index file for some other video stuff.

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

sudo apt-get -y install vdr-genindex

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

You can also use apt command to install vdr-genindex.

sudo apt -y install vdr-genindex

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

sudo aptitude install vdr-genindex

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