kak command not found

Introduction

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

kak: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: kak: command not found

Solutions to kak: command not found

How To Fix kak: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu kak is provided by kakoune package.

kakoune is:

Kakoune is a code editor heavily inspired by Vim; as such most of its commands are similar to vi’s ones, and it shares Vi’s “keystrokes as a text editing language” model. Kakoune can operate in two modes, normal and insertion. In insertion mode, keys are directly inserted into the current buffer. In normal mode, keys are used to manipulate the current selection and to enter insertion mode. Kakoune has a strong focus on interactivity, most commands provide immediate and incremental results, while still being competitive (as in keystroke count) with Vim. Kakoune works on selections, which are oriented, inclusive range of characters; selections have an anchor and a cursor character. Most commands move both of them, except when extending selection where the anchor character stays fixed and the cursor one moves around.

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

sudo apt-get -y install kakoune

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

You can also use apt command to install kakoune.

sudo apt -y install kakoune

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

sudo aptitude install kakoune

Summary

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