elvish command not found

Introduction

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

elvish: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: elvish: command not found

Solutions to elvish: command not found

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

In Ubuntu elvish is provided by elvish package.

elvish is:

Elvish is a cross-platform shell, supporting Linux, BSDs and Windows. It features an expressive programming language, with features like namespace and anonymous functions, and a fully programmable user interface with friendly defaults. It is suitable for both interactive use and scripting.

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

sudo apt-get -y install elvish

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

You can also use apt command to install elvish.

sudo apt -y install elvish

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

sudo aptitude install elvish

Summary

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