e3em command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix e3em command not found error message

Introduction

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

e3em: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: e3em: command not found

Solutions to e3em: command not found

How To Fix e3em: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu e3em is provided by e3 package.

e3 is:

This package contains an editor you can call via the following links:

  • e3em: Emacs-like key bindings
  • e3vi: Vi-like key bindings
  • e3pi: Pico-like key bindings
  • e3ne: Nedit-like key bindings
  • e3ws: Wordstar-like key bindings

e3 has the following advantages over other editors:

  • it has no library dependencies
  • one very small binary (only 10 kB) that gives you 5 editors

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

sudo apt-get -y install e3

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

You can also use apt command to install e3.

sudo apt -y install e3

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

sudo aptitude install e3

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix e3em command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.