xmlsec1-config command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix xmlsec1-config command not found error message

Introduction

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

xmlsec1-config: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xmlsec1-config: command not found

In Ubuntu xmlsec1-config is provided by libxmlsec1-dev package.

libxmlsec1-dev is:

The XML Security Library is a C library that implements these XML standards:

* XML Signature
* XML Encryption

This package provides development files including documentation, examples, headers, static libraries, and configuration support.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libxmlsec1-dev

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

You can also use apt command to install libxmlsec1-dev.

sudo apt -y install libxmlsec1-dev

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

sudo aptitude install libxmlsec1-dev

In this tutorial we learn how to fix xmlsec1-config command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.