gist-paste command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix gist-paste command not found error message

Introduction

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

gist-paste: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gist-paste: command not found

In Ubuntu gist-paste is provided by gist package.

gist is:

Allows you to convienently create gists (“pastes”).

Also provides a Ruby library to do this.

The “gist” image viewer from yorick is in the yorick package, not in this package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gist

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

You can also use apt command to install gist.

sudo apt -y install gist

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

sudo aptitude install gist

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