package-update-indicator-prefs command not found

Introduction

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

package-update-indicator-prefs: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: package-update-indicator-prefs: command not found

Solutions to package-update-indicator-prefs: command not found

How To Fix package-update-indicator-prefs: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu package-update-indicator-prefs is provided by package-update-indicator package.

package-update-indicator is:

This small utility which regularly checks for software updates and notifies the user about available updates using desktop notifications and either a status notifier icon or a system tray icon.

It is primarily intended for desktops which do not already have this functionality built-in, such as Xfce.

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

sudo apt-get -y install package-update-indicator

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

You can also use apt command to install package-update-indicator.

sudo apt -y install package-update-indicator

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

sudo aptitude install package-update-indicator

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix package-update-indicator-prefs command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.