krb5-config command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix krb5-config command not found error message

Introduction

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

krb5-config: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: krb5-config: command not found

In Ubuntu krb5-config is provided by heimdal-dev package.

heimdal-dev is:

Heimdal is a free implementation of Kerberos 5 that aims to be compatible with MIT Kerberos.

This is the development package, required for developing programs for Heimdal.

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

sudo apt-get -y install heimdal-dev

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

You can also use apt command to install heimdal-dev.

sudo apt -y install heimdal-dev

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

sudo aptitude install heimdal-dev

In this tutorial we learn how to fix krb5-config command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.