Questions tagged [command-not-found]
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command not found although it has been installed
I have installed the command" txpp.py" to run a particle-in-cell simulation. Although it works with my account, when I change to another account, it says "command not found".
I ...
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command not found, while it exist in appropriate place
i had fresh installed debian 12 and almost all commands are not found.
root@debian:/# dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
bash: dpkg-reconfigure: command not found
i find it here
root@debian:/...
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Depmod command not found but kmod is already installed
When I use depmod in the terminal, I got the message "depmod command not found". But kmod is already installed.
And I can find a link to something called depmod in sbin.
Do you know how to ...
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Commands cannot be located after sourcing a bash script
I have a short bash script cdline that takes two arguments PATHS and LINE and changes directory to the respective LINE in PATHS:
#!/bin/bash
#command for changing directory to that in the given line......
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'-bash: line 1: rescanscsi: command not found' error even though script location is in PATH and other script runs fine from same folder [duplicate]
I'm new to linux, trying to switch over from Windows, and I could really use some help. This is actually my first time using a forum such as this so please forgive any errors I make.
I'm using Linux ...
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Help with zsh: command not found
Attempting to follow these instructions and I'm receiving error zsh: command not found: ord when attempting to do anything in ord, including ord wallet create. Currently running ohmyzsh and have not ...
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shell saying "not found" for a command within a makefile
When defining a command as a constant within a Makefile:
MY_COMMANDLINE="prog arg1 arg2"
and using this constant later to get the command invoked, you could get:
/bin/sh: prog arg1 arg2: ...
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Cannot modify bash history inside command_not_found_handle function
I'm trying to make my own command_not_found_handle function, which on given a wrong command, asks the user with the most identical command if that was what he meant. If the user accepts that ...
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"Could not find foo in PATH" - but it's right there
I see the following behavior:
$ foo
Could not find foo in PATH
$ which foo
/usr/local/corp/bin/foo
$ readlink -f `which foo`
/path/to/opt/foo/foo
$ /usr/local/corp/bin/foo
starting foo, output for foo,...
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How to alias a function and call from function with original name
This is more of an academic exercise but curious of the answer.
Here is the current code in question:
export original_command_not_found_handler="$(type -f command_not_found_handler)" # ...
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Problem with .bashrc when I use anima command
I need to use the Anima command without having to write the entire path every time.
I cannot use animaConvertImage in on an internal file in a folder other than the one where the Anima commands are ...
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How to remove commands installed through the "command-not-found" prompt
On Fedora 35, if I type in a command that is not installed, like mu, then I get a prompt that offers to install it for me, i.e.
mu
bash: mu: command not found...
Install package 'maildir-utils' to ...
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What are possible causes to the command not found error, other than the PATH variable?
What are some possible causes, that a command could not be found in Linux? Other than it is not in the PATH?
Some background info:
When trying to execute pdflatex from vscode, I got some troubles, ...
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I can't install cgpt in Arch Linux using Pacman, what to do?
I've been unable to install cgpt in Arch Linux.
I don't know what it is, but it's needed for a script.
Here is the output of my Terminal:
# pacman -S cgpt
error: target not found: cgpt
# cgpt
-bash: ...
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PHP shell_exec() Command not found
I need to execute a program using php, the file in question is ClustalW (clustalw2). My apache user is http using fish shell, so I moved clustalw2 to /srv/http/Clustal and added the dir to fish path.
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bash: crw-rw----: command not found
I am currently trying to build a LIDAR robot with RPLIDAR A1 and Jetson Nano following the guide below.
https://www.hackster.io/shahizat005/building-a-map-using-lidar-with-ros-melodic-on-jetson-nano-...
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Command not found despite having just installed it?
As you can see in the screenshot below, I install a command (it's a wrapper for a program called qsiprep), and then try running it, but it says it's not installed...any ideas as to what is happening?
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sudo mv /path/oldname /path/newname: command not found
I am just trying to rename a file on a server with Ubuntu 18.04.4 installed, but when I enter this line
sudo mv /path/oldname /path/newname
I get this answer
sudo mv /path/oldname /path/newname: ...
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SUDO not found when calling inside a function in BASH script
I am trying to create a function in Bash that creates a directory, then sets the ownership, like this:
create_dir() {
local PATH=$1
local OWNER=$2
# create log directory
echo -e "\n* Creating ...
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theharvester not found in Kali Linux
I am running latest 64 bit kali linux in VirtualBox and I am not able to find the theharvester.py anywhere
even using locate i cannot find it
and it is installed as when i run the install command i ...
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error message - openssl: command not found
I am writing a simple script to check if the certificate for a website is valid. However, when I attempt to run the code in terminal, I receive an error message stating that the command openssl cannot ...
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'getenforce' command works locally but not through ssh
I am trying to determine whether or not a number of CentOS servers have SELinux enabled.
To do this, I am using the getenforce command.
When I run the command locally on a single server, it either ...
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Command not found message [duplicate]
When running invalid commands without any parameters or options, in my experience we get only two kinds of messages which are exemplified below:
~$ Date
No command 'Date' found, did you mean:
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bash: ucbps: command not found
How do I solve this?
bash: ucbps: command not found
[cbwlskbd@cbl06677app08 ~]$
Where to include the path for this?
and how the paths are included
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redhat/bash - two equals scripts, one get "command not found" error [duplicate]
I did write two scripts, where one has part simple code of the other ones and several comments in:
user : oracle
both files are of oracle.
both files have the execution clearance on : chmod +x fpc.sh ...
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Why is it that everytime I mistype a command bash stops working? [closed]
Every time I mistype a command such as cd.. (e.g. I forgot to separate cdand .. with a space) the command prompt disappears and I can no longer use commands in the terminal unless I close and reopen ...
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Commands not found on Debian9 stretch OS [closed]
I need to add commands found in /usr/bin to my root/home directory search path because I recently formatted my dell inspiron amd64 bit with Debian 9 stretch. I only installed the core os without any ...
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Debug update-command-not-found on Debian
What is the problem I am having with command-not-found? Is it a known bug?
$ dpkg-query --show command-not-found
command-not-found 0.2.38-4
$ installme
Could not find the list of available ...
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sort-bed command not found
I have the following code " not mine"
wget -qO- http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg19/database/snp142Common.txt.gz \
| gunzip -c - \
| cut -f2,3,4,5,10 - \
| sort-bed - \
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Sudo says "command not found" for script in EncFS (no root access to EncFS mount?)
When an encrypted directory is mounted using EncFS as a regular user, you cannot execute a script in it with sudo (as root):
$ sudo /run/media/yeti/usbdrive/encfs/test.sh
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How to get `command-not-found` working on Debian Stretch
I have set up two Debian Stretch systems, one new installation by 'netinst' CD, one upgraded from Jessie.
After that, I have installed the command-not-found package.
apt install command-not-found
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Find out which repository package provides a command
When the package command-not-found is installed, a package is suggested if a command is invoked which is not installed, for instance
$ convert
The program 'convert' is currently not installed. To ...
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pkg install -forge general bash: pkg: command not found
I'm running Debian stretch and want to be able to run my MATLAB code, using the GNU Octave packages.
I type this into terminal
pkg install -forge general
and it gives me this error
bash: pkg: ...
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resize2fs command not found
I want to resize EC2 EBS root volume, I tried to install e2fsprogs but it's still "not found".
I'm using debian 8.
How do I install this application?
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bash: zpool: command not found
After a lot of hassle, I finally managed to install the newest spl-dkms and zfs-dkms on my Raspbian. Sadly I still can neither use the zpool nor the zfs command to list or change any ZFS pools.
Is ...
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Give advice for bash command not found
When type a nonexistent command, bash show "command not found...". In ubuntu, it will give advice for which package need to be installed; In Fedora, nothing show.
So which software has this function ...
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Command-not-found not triggered for 'crash' in ZSH without reason
I just typed crash in my ZSH (from oh-my-zsh if that matters) and I got peculiar answer:
zsh: permission denied: crash
instead of the usual command-not-found behaviour expected (since I have that ...
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How to define a function that handles `command not found`?
I'd like to define a function that is called, whenever a shell-user types a command that does not exist. In my case I'd like to log the errors and try alternative commands.
currently, when typing e.g....
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Bash Command Not Found Error with $variable
108 ps --ppid $process | while read -r line ; do
109 #echo $line | awk '{print $1;}
110 child=$($line | awk '{print $1;}')
111 echo $child
113 done
Running this code gives me the ...
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Unauthorized Installations in dnf after entering a command that's not found
I'm using Korora 23, which is based on Fedora 23.
Whenever I type a command in bash that's not available, bash asks if I want to install a package to provide the command. Problem is, if I type y, it ...
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update-command-not-found Not Working
So I am running Debian Testing, and I installed the command-not-found package, because I just love that functionality in Ubuntu. So I installed it, and when I restarted my terminal, it said I needed ...
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No command 'bla' found, did you mean:?
So, when a command is not found, by what means is the "did you mean:" list populated?
What program finds these alternate commands?
What is the meaning of: "(main), (universe)..."?
Can I change which ...
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Debian: "update-command-not-found" IOError: Not a gzipped file
I run a random command in terminal and got this response:
Could not find the database of available applications, run
update-command-not-found as root to fix this
Naturally, I run
update-...
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How to get automatic package suggestions at command line?
I use Fedora 23. In an older version of Fedora (or maybe it was Ubuntu), I used to get package suggestions at the command line (Bash) when a command wasn't found. I liked this.
$ glmark2
Command not ...
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ssh error bash: 22: command not found
I am pretty new to unix, so please bare with me...
when i try to connect to my server running ubuntu server through terminal on my ubuntu workstation I get this error:
bash: 22: command not found
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fedora "bash: : command not found" for `ps aux | grep dnf`
I have installed fedora 23 and this error happened when i want to use grep in su mode user :
[root@alifed alireza]# ps aux | grep dnf
bash: : command not found...
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What is the difference between the error "not found" and the error "command not found" are they the same?
In this question the user is getting the error "not found". I realized that the error is "not found" instead of "command not found".
Are these two errors different? I'm not sure if I've just never ...
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How do I make a custom "command not found" prompt for the terminal?
I want to make a custom "command not found" prompt for the terminal like this one. I have the template set up: ___________________________________________
/ I see you're trying to use the ...
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Is there a quick way to install packages if there is a prompt?
If I want to install a package,
wlhunag: ~ $ pip install django
The program 'pip' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install python-pip
wlhunag: ~ $
I wonder if ...
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Why is this command not working: "ps aux | grep xscreensaver"
I didn't see any hits about this on google, so I'm asking you:
I just tried to run this command in an ssh session, local is Debian Wheezy KDE, remote is Fedora 21 Gnome:
ps aux | grep xscreensaver
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