gl command not found

Introduction

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

gl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gl: command not found

Solutions to gl: command not found

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

In Ubuntu gl is provided by gitless package.

gitless is:

Gitless is an experimental version control system built on top of Git. Many people complain that Git is hard to use. The Gitless authors think the problem lies deeper than the user interface, in the concepts underlying Git. Gitless is an experiment to see what happens if a simple veneer is put on an app that changes the underlying concepts. Because Gitless is implemented on top of Git (could be considered what Git pros call a “porcelain” of Git), you can always fall back on Git. And of course your coworkers you share a repo with need never know that you’re not a Git aficionado.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gitless

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

You can also use apt command to install gitless.

sudo apt -y install gitless

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

sudo aptitude install gitless

Summary

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