kbuildsycoca5 command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix kbuildsycoca5 command not found error message

Introduction

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

kbuildsycoca5: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: kbuildsycoca5: command not found

In Ubuntu kbuildsycoca5 is provided by libkf5service-bin package.

libkf5service-bin is:

Application framework for file type association and plugin locating.

This package contains kbuildsycoca5.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libkf5service-bin

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

You can also use apt command to install libkf5service-bin.

sudo apt -y install libkf5service-bin

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

sudo aptitude install libkf5service-bin

In this tutorial we learn how to fix kbuildsycoca5 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.