lnkinfo command not found

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

Introduction

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

lnkinfo: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: lnkinfo: command not found

In Ubuntu lnkinfo is provided by liblnk-utils package.

liblnk-utils is:

liblnk is a library to access the Windows Shortcut File (LNK) format.

This package contains lnkinfo, a tool to determine information about a Windows Shortcut File.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblnk-utils

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

You can also use apt command to install liblnk-utils.

sudo apt -y install liblnk-utils

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

sudo aptitude install liblnk-utils

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