[Debconf-devel] Bug#920567: bash: dpkg-reconfigure: command not found

[Jiri Palecek]

On Sun, 27 Jan 2019 09:12:32 +0600 Thulium Equasman wrote:
 > Package: python3-reportbug
 > Version: 7.5.1
 > Severity: normal
 > Tags: d-i
 >
 > Hi,
 > I got the message "bash: dpkg-reconfigure: command not found
 > " when I ran `dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config`. I ran this command
as root.
 > I then ran `echo $PATH` and the following appeared
 > "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games". I
searched for


How did you get your root shell? If that was by running "su", what you
describe is actually expected. You should use "su -". See
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/460478/debian-su-and-su-path-differences
for more information about that.


Regards

     Jiri Palecek

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