makehistory: 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/makehistory - from package: inn2
/usr/lib/news/bin/makehistory - from package: inn

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

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