hwe-support-status command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix hwe-support-status command not found error message

Introduction

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

hwe-support-status: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: hwe-support-status: command not found

In Ubuntu hwe-support-status is provided by update-manager-core package.

update-manager-core is:

This is the core of update-manager and the release upgrader

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

sudo apt-get -y install update-manager-core

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

You can also use apt command to install update-manager-core.

sudo apt -y install update-manager-core

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

sudo aptitude install update-manager-core

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