update-java-alternatives command not found

Introduction

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

update-java-alternatives: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: update-java-alternatives: command not found

Solutions to update-java-alternatives: command not found

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

In Ubuntu update-java-alternatives is provided by java-common package.

java-common is:

This package provides common tools for the Java runtimes, such as the update-java-alternatives mechanism used to switch between different versions of Java.

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

sudo apt-get -y install java-common

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

You can also use apt command to install java-common.

sudo apt -y install java-common

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

sudo aptitude install java-common

Summary

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