krb5-config.heimdal command not found

Introduction

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

krb5-config.heimdal: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: krb5-config.heimdal: command not found

Solutions to krb5-config.heimdal: command not found

How To Fix krb5-config.heimdal: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

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

heimdal-multidev is:

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

This package provides versions of the Heimdal development files that can be installed along-side MIT Kerberos development files. Normally, heimdal-dev should be used. However if a package needs to build against both Heimdal Kerberos and MIT Kerberos, then the multidev package should be used.

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

sudo apt-get -y install heimdal-multidev

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

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

sudo apt -y install heimdal-multidev

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

sudo aptitude install heimdal-multidev

Summary

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