update-tl-stacked-conffile command not found

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

Introduction

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

update-tl-stacked-conffile: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: update-tl-stacked-conffile: command not found

In Ubuntu update-tl-stacked-conffile is provided by tex-common package.

tex-common is:

This package contains a number of scripts and common configuration files that are needed to install a TeX System.

It also contains debhelper-like programs useful for building TeX packages.

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

sudo apt-get -y install tex-common

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

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

sudo apt -y install tex-common

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

sudo aptitude install tex-common

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