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Nastasiya
Nastasiya

Reputation: 11

Checkinstall not found though already installed (Ubuntu)

I am trying to install Cuneiform following a usual procedure (downloading archive, unpacking, using make etc). One of the steps in building it is sudo checkinstall. When I run this in the terminal, I get the following error:

sudo: ckeckinstall: command not found

I am new to Ubuntu, and not a programmer, so this may be a very simple question. What I have learned so far is that I can install software through sudo apt-get install [name]. When I do this, I get a message that checkinstall is already installed. Also, looking it up in the Software Centre I saw a green tick next to it (which means that it is installed). So why do I get the message that the command is not found and how do I get around it?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5739

Answers (1)

Christos Papoulas
Christos Papoulas

Reputation: 2568

Usually the binary file of checkinstall is in /usr/bin/checkinstall

Try to check where is the executables with the command: whereis [name] and then run it!

Upvotes: 1

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