python2 command not found

Introduction

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

python2: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: python2: command not found

Solutions to python2: command not found

How To Fix python2: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu python2 is provided by python2-minimal package.

python2-minimal is:

This package contains the interpreter and some essential modules. It’s used in the boot process for some basic tasks. See /usr/share/doc/python2.7-minimal/README.Debian for a list of the modules contained in this package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python2-minimal

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

You can also use apt command to install python2-minimal.

sudo apt -y install python2-minimal

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

sudo aptitude install python2-minimal

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix python2 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.