alt_getopt command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

alt_getopt: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: alt_getopt: command not found

Solutions to alt_getopt: command not found

How To Fix alt_getopt: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu alt_getopt is provided by runawk package.

runawk is:

RunAWK is a small wrapper for AWK interpreter that implements module system (similar to Perl’s “use” command) and helps in writing standalone AWK programs.

This package also provides about a dozen of modules implementing most common string, array and system function.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install runawk

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install runawk.

sudo apt -y install runawk

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install runawk

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix alt_getopt command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.