sos-collector command not found

Introduction

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

sos-collector: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: sos-collector: command not found

Solutions to sos-collector: command not found

How To Fix sos-collector: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu sos-collector is provided by sosreport package.

sosreport is:

Sos is a set of tools that gathers information about system hardware and configuration. The information can then be used for diagnostic purposes and debugging. Sos is commonly used to help support technicians and developers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install sosreport

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

You can also use apt command to install sosreport.

sudo apt -y install sosreport

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

sudo aptitude install sosreport

Summary

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