mktexdepend command not found

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

Introduction

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

mktexdepend: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mktexdepend: command not found

In Ubuntu mktexdepend is provided by mkdepend package.

mkdepend is:

Package contains dependency generators for LaTeX, COM and Java source files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mkdepend

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

You can also use apt command to install mkdepend.

sudo apt -y install mkdepend

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

sudo aptitude install mkdepend

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