However, you may occasionally run into trouble with the command not found error as a response.
Heres how to deal with the “apt-get: command not found” error.
What Is apt-get?
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The apt-get tool is a command line package manager for Debian family distros.
It allows you to install, update, and remove software.
However, if you simply need to install some software, both work.
But what if apt-get doesnt work?
Getting apt-get: command not found on CentOS or RHEL?
The apt-get command usually works without a problem, but what if it doesnt?
If youre using a distribution that doesnt use apt-get, then it simply wont work.
(This is an easy mistake to make when accessing a remote webserver, for example.)
To resolve this, you must install using the correct package manager.
This might be pacman, or zypper, or yum or dnf, depending on the Linux distribution.
Ourcomparison of apt, yum, and dnfexplains this further.
Incredibly, this could happen, but what can be done to fix it?
Raspberry Pi OS users may find thatapt-get install(orsudo apt-get install) doesnt work.
In this case, tryapt installinstead.
So, do the following checks:
After making the necessary adjustments, reboot the computer and retry.
First, are you spelling the command correctly?
The Linux terminal is no different.
Take the time to ensure you have entered apt-get correctly.
Second, could it be that your permissions are inadequate?
Instead of apt-get try sudo apt-get–the command not found error should now be cleared.
Check our guide tofixing a sudo: command not found error.
