med-config command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix med-config command not found error message

Introduction

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

med-config: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: med-config: command not found

Solutions to med-config: command not found

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

In Ubuntu med-config is provided by med-config package.

med-config is:

This package provides the basic infrastructure of all metapackages assembled by the Debian Med team.

This metapackage provides common features shared between the different metapackages of the project. Moreover it introduces a method to handle a ‘med’ system users group using debconf.

The Debian Med Project include metapackages for different tasks, which are:

  • applications for microbiological research and support for development of biological applications
  • cloud computing in microbiological research
  • drug databases
  • dental surgery practice
  • epidemiology and medical statistics
  • image processing and support for imaging application development
  • pharmacological research
  • radiation oncology, diagnostic imaging and related fields
  • medical practice
  • psychological research and practice
  • rehabilitation
  • typesetting and publishing
  • miscellaneous tools

Each task is represented by a metapackage. Metapackages do not contain executable programs, but rather dependencies from other packages. This way you will conveniently get all free medical software which is available for Debian by simply installing the relevant metapackage

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

sudo apt-get -y install med-config

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

You can also use apt command to install med-config.

sudo apt -y install med-config

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

sudo aptitude install med-config

Summary

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