apply-patch command not found

Introduction

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

apply-patch: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: apply-patch: command not found

Solutions to apply-patch: command not found

How To Fix apply-patch: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu apply-patch is provided by bikeshed package.

bikeshed is:

Bikeshed is a collection of random but useful tools and utilities that either don’t quite fit anywhere else, or have not yet been accepted by a more appropriate project.

Think of this package as an “orphanage”, where tools live until they are adopted by loving, accepting parents.

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

sudo apt-get -y install bikeshed

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

You can also use apt command to install bikeshed.

sudo apt -y install bikeshed

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

sudo aptitude install bikeshed

Summary

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