perlindex command not found

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

Introduction

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

perlindex: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: perlindex: command not found

In Ubuntu perlindex is provided by perlindex package.

perlindex is:

Perlindex is a program to index and search the perl documentation.

An index database must be built that will store keywords for all perl and installed modules man pages.

Then perlindex can be run and will present the user the most likely choice for documentation.

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

sudo apt-get -y install perlindex

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

You can also use apt command to install perlindex.

sudo apt -y install perlindex

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

sudo aptitude install perlindex

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