ppa-purge command not found

Introduction

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

ppa-purge: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ppa-purge: command not found

Solutions to ppa-purge: command not found

How To Fix ppa-purge: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu ppa-purge is provided by ppa-purge package.

ppa-purge is:

This program disables a PPA from your Software Sources and reverts your system back to the official Ubuntu packages. You can use this to return your system to normal after testing a new version from a PPA.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ppa-purge

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

You can also use apt command to install ppa-purge.

sudo apt -y install ppa-purge

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

sudo aptitude install ppa-purge

Summary

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