google_osconfig_agent command not found

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

Introduction

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

google_osconfig_agent: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: google_osconfig_agent: command not found

Solutions to google_osconfig_agent: command not found

How To Fix google_osconfig_agent: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu google_osconfig_agent is provided by google-osconfig-agent package.

google-osconfig-agent is:

The OS Config agent currently supports the following main features:

  • OS inventory management
  • OS patch management
  • OS configuration management

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

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

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

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

sudo apt -y install google-osconfig-agent

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

sudo aptitude install google-osconfig-agent

Summary

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