pyconf command not found

Introduction

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

pyconf: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pyconf: command not found

Solutions to pyconf: command not found

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

In Ubuntu pyconf is provided by pyconfigure package.

pyconfigure is:

GNU pyconfigure provides developers with file templates for implementing standard configure' scripts and Makefile’ recipes for their Python packages. pyconfigure supports different project needs, allowing you to write your build/install logic in Python or in Make. Developers with existing packages need not worry, as pyconfigure integrates well with what you have already written.

While the goal is to make it easier for Python packages to provide the standard configuration and installation procedure, pyconfigure also offers other advantages over the traditional Python-based methods. Because much of pyconfigure is based upon the powerful GNU Autoconf, packages that use additional languages such as C or Fortran automatically benefit from existing support without having to hack it in oneself, as in other Python-based solutions. Opting to use Make to write your installation logic provides you with a powerful, robust and flexible system that has been designed specifically with such processes in mind.

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

sudo apt-get -y install pyconfigure

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

You can also use apt command to install pyconfigure.

sudo apt -y install pyconfigure

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

sudo aptitude install pyconfigure

Summary

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