how-can-i-help command not found

Introduction

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

how-can-i-help: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: how-can-i-help: command not found

Solutions to how-can-i-help: command not found

How To Fix how-can-i-help: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu how-can-i-help is provided by how-can-i-help package.

how-can-i-help is:

how-can-i-help hooks into APT to list opportunities for contributions to Debian (orphaned packages, bugs tagged ’newcomer’) for packages installed locally, after each APT invocation. It can also be invoked directly, and then lists all opportunities for contribution (not just the new ones).

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

sudo apt-get -y install how-can-i-help

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

You can also use apt command to install how-can-i-help.

sudo apt -y install how-can-i-help

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

sudo aptitude install how-can-i-help

Summary

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