make-ssl-cert command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix make-ssl-cert command not found error message

Introduction

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

make-ssl-cert: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: make-ssl-cert: command not found

In Ubuntu make-ssl-cert is provided by ssl-cert package.

ssl-cert is:

This package enables unattended installs of packages that need to create SSL certificates.

It is a simple wrapper for OpenSSL’s certificate request utility that feeds it with the correct user variables.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ssl-cert

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

You can also use apt command to install ssl-cert.

sudo apt -y install ssl-cert

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

sudo aptitude install ssl-cert

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