jest-runtime command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix jest-runtime command not found error message

Introduction

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

jest-runtime: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: jest-runtime: command not found

In Ubuntu jest-runtime is provided by jest package.

jest is:

Some features of this testing framework are:

Easy Setup: Jest is a complete and easy to set up JavaScript testing solution. In fact, Jest works out of the box for any React project.
Instant Feedback: Failed tests run first. Fast interactive mode can switch between running all tests or only test files related to changed files.
Snapshot Testing: Jest can capture snapshots of React trees or other serializable values to simplify UI testing.

Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.

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

sudo apt-get -y install jest

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

You can also use apt command to install jest.

sudo apt -y install jest

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

sudo aptitude install jest

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