qemubuilder command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix qemubuilder command not found error message

Introduction

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

qemubuilder: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: qemubuilder: command not found

Solutions to qemubuilder: command not found

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

In Ubuntu qemubuilder is provided by qemubuilder package.

qemubuilder is:

pbuilder implementation for QEMU.

qemubuilder create – builds QEMU cow base image.

qemubuilder update – updates QEMU cow base image.

qemubuilder build – builds package inside QEMU cow base image.

Gives a pbuilder interface for emulated cross-building environments using qemu.

pbuilder is a tool for building and testing Debian package inside a clean chroot, and qemubuilder implements similar experience over emulated CPUs. This tool allows building package inside emulated Debian environment for different CPU architectures supported by qemu.

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

sudo apt-get -y install qemubuilder

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

You can also use apt command to install qemubuilder.

sudo apt -y install qemubuilder

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

sudo aptitude install qemubuilder

Summary

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