elvis-tiny command not found

Introduction

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

elvis-tiny: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: elvis-tiny: command not found

Solutions to elvis-tiny: command not found

How To Fix elvis-tiny: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu elvis-tiny is provided by elvis-tiny package.

elvis-tiny is:

Elvis-tiny is based on a 1991 Minix version of elvis. You should install another vi-editor (such as “vim”, “elvis” or “nvi”) if you want a vi editor that is full featured and has no bugs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elvis-tiny

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

You can also use apt command to install elvis-tiny.

sudo apt -y install elvis-tiny

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

sudo aptitude install elvis-tiny

Summary

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