pcreate command not found

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

Introduction

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

pcreate: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pcreate: command not found

In Ubuntu pcreate is provided by pbuilder-scripts package.

pbuilder-scripts is:

pbuilder-scripts are a collection of wrapper scripts to make working with many simultaneous pbuilder projects easier.

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

sudo apt-get -y install pbuilder-scripts

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

You can also use apt command to install pbuilder-scripts.

sudo apt -y install pbuilder-scripts

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

sudo aptitude install pbuilder-scripts

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