needs-restarting command not found

Introduction

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

needs-restarting: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: needs-restarting: command not found

Solutions to needs-restarting: command not found

How To Fix needs-restarting: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu needs-restarting is provided by zypper package.

zypper is:

Zypper is a command line tool for managing software. It can be used to add package repositories, search for packages, install, remove, or update packages, install patches, hardware drivers, verify dependencies, and more. Zypper can be used interactively or non-interactively by user, from scripts, or front-ends.

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

sudo apt-get -y install zypper

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

You can also use apt command to install zypper.

sudo apt -y install zypper

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

sudo aptitude install zypper

Summary

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