python-dotenv command not found

Introduction

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

python-dotenv: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: python-dotenv: command not found

Solutions to python-dotenv: command not found

How To Fix python-dotenv: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu python-dotenv is provided by python3-dotenv package.

python3-dotenv is:

Reads key value pairs from the .env file and adds them to environment. variables. It is useful to manage settings during development and in production following the 12-factor principles: http://12factor.net/ The executable is named python-dotenv

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-dotenv

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

You can also use apt command to install python3-dotenv.

sudo apt -y install python3-dotenv

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

sudo aptitude install python3-dotenv

Summary

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