germinate-update-metapackage command not found
Introduction
When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message
germinate-update-metapackage: command not found
or when using sudo you get the following error message
sudo: germinate-update-metapackage: command not found
Solutions to germinate-update-metapackage: command not found
How To Fix germinate-update-metapackage: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian
In Ubuntu germinate-update-metapackage is provided by germinate package.
germinate is:
Germinate takes lists of seed packages and expands their dependencies to produce a full list of packages. This can be used for purposes such as managing the list of packages present in a derived distribution’s archive or CD builds.
To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.
sudo apt-get -y install germinate
This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.
You can also use apt command to install germinate.
sudo apt -y install germinate
Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.
sudo aptitude install germinate
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to fix germinate-update-metapackage command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.