seems to work so I'll just close this
# mkpasswd The program 'mkpasswd' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: apt install whois
# lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Release: 16.04 Codename: xenial
seems to work so I'll just close this
# mkpasswd
The program 'mkpasswd' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
apt install whois
# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial