pm-is-supported command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix pm-is-supported command not found error message

Introduction

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

pm-is-supported: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pm-is-supported: command not found

In Ubuntu pm-is-supported is provided by pm-utils package.

pm-utils is:

This package provides simple shell command line tools to suspend and hibernate your computer.

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

sudo apt-get -y install pm-utils

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

You can also use apt command to install pm-utils.

sudo apt -y install pm-utils

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

sudo aptitude install pm-utils

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