patchperl command not found

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

Introduction

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

patchperl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: patchperl: command not found

In Ubuntu patchperl is provided by libdevel-patchperl-perl package.

libdevel-patchperl-perl is:

Devel::PatchPerl is a modularisation of the patching code contained in Devel::PPPort’s buildperl.pl.

It does not build perls, it merely provides an interface to the source patching functionality.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libdevel-patchperl-perl

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

You can also use apt command to install libdevel-patchperl-perl.

sudo apt -y install libdevel-patchperl-perl

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

sudo aptitude install libdevel-patchperl-perl

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