ed command not found

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

Introduction

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

ed: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ed: command not found

In Ubuntu ed is provided by ed package.

ed is:

ed is a line-oriented text editor. It is used to create, display, modify and otherwise manipulate text files.

red is a restricted ed: it can only edit files in the current directory and cannot execute shell commands.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ed

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

You can also use apt command to install ed.

sudo apt -y install ed

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

sudo aptitude install ed

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