oddjob_request command not found

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

Introduction

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

oddjob_request: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: oddjob_request: command not found

In Ubuntu oddjob_request is provided by oddjob package.

oddjob is:

Oddjob is a D-Bus service which performs particular tasks for clients which connect to it and issue requests using the system-wide message bus.

This package contains the oddjob daemon.

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

sudo apt-get -y install oddjob

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

You can also use apt command to install oddjob.

sudo apt -y install oddjob

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

sudo aptitude install oddjob

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