bd command not found

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

Introduction

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

bd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bd: command not found

In Ubuntu bd is provided by bd package.

bd is:

bd allows you to go to a parent directory in bash instead of typing “cd ../../..” redundantly.

You can simply type backdir with starting few letters and it will auto complete the directory name.

It can be used with other commands such as ls, ln, echo, zip, tar, etc.

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

sudo apt-get -y install bd

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

You can also use apt command to install bd.

sudo apt -y install bd

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

sudo aptitude install bd

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