git-receive-pack command not found

Introduction

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

git-receive-pack: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: git-receive-pack: command not found

Solutions to git-receive-pack: command not found

How To Fix git-receive-pack: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu git-receive-pack is provided by git package.

git is:

Git is popular version control system designed to handle very large projects with speed and efficiency; it is used for many high profile open source projects, most notably the Linux kernel.

Git falls in the category of distributed source code management tools. Every Git working directory is a full-fledged repository with full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on network access or a central server.

This package provides the git main components with minimal dependencies. Additional functionality, e.g. a graphical user interface and revision tree visualizer, tools for interoperating with other VCS’s, or a web interface, is provided as separate git* packages.

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

sudo apt-get -y install git

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

You can also use apt command to install git.

sudo apt -y install git

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

sudo aptitude install git

Summary

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