file command not found

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

Introduction

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

file: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: file: command not found

In Ubuntu file is provided by file package.

file is:

The file command is “a file type guesser”, a command-line tool that tells you in words what kind of data a file contains.

This package contains the file program itself.

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

sudo apt-get -y install file

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

You can also use apt command to install file.

sudo apt -y install file

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

sudo aptitude install file

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