google_metadata_script_runner command not found

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

Introduction

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

google_metadata_script_runner: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: google_metadata_script_runner: command not found

In Ubuntu google_metadata_script_runner is provided by google-guest-agent package.

google-guest-agent is:

Contains the guest agent and metadata script runner binaries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install google-guest-agent

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

You can also use apt command to install google-guest-agent.

sudo apt -y install google-guest-agent

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

sudo aptitude install google-guest-agent

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