libuser-lid command not found

Introduction

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

libuser-lid: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: libuser-lid: command not found

Solutions to libuser-lid: command not found

How To Fix libuser-lid: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu libuser-lid is provided by libuser package.

libuser is:

The libuser library implements a standardized interface for manipulating and administering user and group accounts. The library uses pluggable back-ends to interface to its data sources.

Sample applications modeled after those included with the shadow password suite are included: lchsh, lchfn, lid, lnewusers, lgroupadd, luseradd, lgroupdel, luserdel, lusermod, lgroupmod, lchage and lpasswd.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libuser

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

You can also use apt command to install libuser.

sudo apt -y install libuser

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

sudo aptitude install libuser

Summary

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