linux-update-symlinks command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix linux-update-symlinks command not found error message

Introduction

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

linux-update-symlinks: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: linux-update-symlinks: command not found

In Ubuntu linux-update-symlinks is provided by linux-base package.

linux-base is:

This package contains files and support scripts for all Linux images.

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

sudo apt-get -y install linux-base

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

You can also use apt command to install linux-base.

sudo apt -y install linux-base

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

sudo aptitude install linux-base

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