Debian Buster: dpkg-reconfigure not found

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Debian Buster: dpkg-reconfigure not found

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[PROBLEM]
On a fresh install of Debian 10 (Buster), I switched to root using "su" - but strangely, I couldn't execute "dpkg-reconfigure".
I then saw that all commands in /sbin/ couldn't be "found".

[SOLUTION]
Plain "su" doesn't provide the root-specific PATH variables... :oops:

Use "su -" instead of just "su". That's generally the better way:

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$ su -
Thanks to this forum thread.
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