rand command not found

Introduction

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

rand: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: rand: command not found

Solutions to rand: command not found

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

In Ubuntu rand is provided by rand package.

rand is:

This program can be used to write pseudo random numbers/characters to the standard output. The arguments can be used to generate integer or float numbers with a certain precision, or to “mask” the numbers with certain characters.

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

sudo apt-get -y install rand

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

You can also use apt command to install rand.

sudo apt -y install rand

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

sudo aptitude install rand

Summary

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