jake command not found

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

Introduction

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

jake: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: jake: command not found

In Ubuntu jake is provided by node-jake package.

node-jake is:

Jake is a JavaScript build tool for the Node.js framework, with capabilities similar to the regular make or rake commands.

Jake has the following features:

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-jake

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

You can also use apt command to install node-jake.

sudo apt -y install node-jake

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

sudo aptitude install node-jake

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