clear_console command not found

Introduction

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

clear_console: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: clear_console: command not found

Solutions to clear_console: command not found

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

In Ubuntu clear_console is provided by bash package.

bash is:

Bash is an sh-compatible command language interpreter that executes commands read from the standard input or from a file. Bash also incorporates useful features from the Korn and C shells (ksh and csh).

Bash is ultimately intended to be a conformant implementation of the IEEE POSIX Shell and Tools specification (IEEE Working Group 1003.2).

The Programmable Completion Code, by Ian Macdonald, is now found in the bash-completion package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install bash

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

You can also use apt command to install bash.

sudo apt -y install bash

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

sudo aptitude install bash

Summary

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