ignition-validate command not found

Introduction

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

ignition-validate: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ignition-validate: command not found

Solutions to ignition-validate: command not found

How To Fix ignition-validate: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ignition-validate is provided by ignition package.

ignition is:

Ignition is the utility invented for Fedora CoreOS and RHEL CoreOS to manipulate disks during the initramfs stage. This includes partitioning disks, formatting partitions, writing files (regular files, systemd units, etc.), and configuring users. On first boot, Ignition reads its configuration from a source of truth (remote URL, network metadata service, hypervisor bridge, etc.) and applies the configuration.

Ignition is primarily intended to be used in an initramfs built using dracut.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ignition

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

You can also use apt command to install ignition.

sudo apt -y install ignition

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

sudo aptitude install ignition

Summary

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