pwqgen command not found

Introduction

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

pwqgen: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pwqgen: command not found

Solutions to pwqgen: command not found

How To Fix pwqgen: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu pwqgen is provided by passwdqc package.

passwdqc is:

passwdqc is a password/passphrase strength checking and policy enforcement toolset, including a PAM module (libpam-passwdqc), command-line programs (pwqcheck and pwqgen), and a library (libpasswdqc).

This package provides pwqcheck and pwqgen, which are standalone password/passphrase strength checking and random passphrase generator programs, respectively, which are usable from scripts.

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

sudo apt-get -y install passwdqc

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

You can also use apt command to install passwdqc.

sudo apt -y install passwdqc

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

sudo aptitude install passwdqc

Summary

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