routine-update command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix routine-update command not found error message

Introduction

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

routine-update: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: routine-update: command not found

Solutions to routine-update: command not found

How To Fix routine-update: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu routine-update is provided by routine-update package.

routine-update is:

Will pull new upstream version first and then will perform common cleanups.

It contains several steps all with the intention to

  • reduce lintian warnings
  • keep all packages in a “modern” packaging shape

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

sudo apt-get -y install routine-update

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

You can also use apt command to install routine-update.

sudo apt -y install routine-update

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

sudo aptitude install routine-update

Summary

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