pkgos-gen-completion command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix pkgos-gen-completion command not found error message

Introduction

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

pkgos-gen-completion: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pkgos-gen-completion: command not found

In Ubuntu pkgos-gen-completion is provided by openstack-pkg-tools package.

openstack-pkg-tools is:

This package contains some useful shell scripts and helpers for building the OpenStack packages in Debian, including:

shared code for maintainer scripts (.config, .postinst, …).
init script templates to automatically generate init scripts for sysv-rc and systemd.
tools to build backports using sbuild and/or Jenkins based on gbp workflow.
utility to maintain git packaging (to be included in a debian/rules).

Even if this package is maintained in order to build OpenStack packages, it is of a general purpose, and it can be used for building any package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install openstack-pkg-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install openstack-pkg-tools.

sudo apt -y install openstack-pkg-tools

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

sudo aptitude install openstack-pkg-tools

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