makeactive: command not found

Maybe Your $PATH variable doesn't contain the default paths? echo $PATH should give something like:

[root@server ~]# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin

If it's empty, You may set the PATH variable with this command

export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin"

On Debian possible default full paths are:

/usr/lib/news/bin/makeactive - from package: inn

You may install the required package with command apt-get install {package}

Error in other languages:
makeactive: bevel nie gevind nie
makeactive: comandă negăsită
makeactive: comando não encontrado
makeactive: commande introuvable
makeactive: command not found
makeactive: käsku ei ole
makeactive: không tìm thấy lệnh
makeactive: komanda nerasta
makeactive: Kommando nicht gefunden.
makeactive: kommandot finns inte
makeactive: komut yok
makeactive: nie znaleziono polecenia
makeactive: níor aimsíodh an t-ordú
makeactive: no se encontró la orden
makeactive: no s'ha trobat l'ordre
makeactive: opdracht niet gevonden
makeactive: parancs nem található
makeactive: perintah tidak ditemukan
makeactive: príkaz nenájdený
makeactive: příkaz nenalezen
makeactive: команда не найдена
makeactive: командата не е открита
makeactive: 命令找不到
makeactive: コマンドが見つかりません