shed command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix shed command not found error message

Introduction

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

shed: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: shed: command not found

In Ubuntu shed is provided by shed package.

shed is:

shed (Simple Hex Editor) is an easy application for viewing and editing files in text mode, using ncurses. The main features are:

Displays each byte as ascii, hex, decimal, octal and binary;
Allows changes to be input in all of the above displayed modes, with bit toggling in the binary column;
Simple Pico-style interface;
Search resource;
Can dump information to file;
Small memory requirements because file is not loaded into memory;
Large file support.

shed is useful in forensics investigations.

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

sudo apt-get -y install shed

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

You can also use apt command to install shed.

sudo apt -y install shed

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

sudo aptitude install shed

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