ranger command not found

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

Introduction

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

ranger: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ranger: command not found

Solutions to ranger: command not found

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

In Ubuntu ranger is provided by ranger package.

ranger is:

Ranger is a console file manager with VI key bindings. It provides a minimalistic and nice curses interface with a view on the directory hierarchy. It ships with “rifle”, a file launcher that is good at automatically finding out which program to use for what file type.

Design Goals

  • An easily maintainable file manager in a high level language
  • A quick way to switch directories and browse the file system
  • Keep it small but useful, do one thing and do it well
  • Console based, with smooth integration into the unix shell

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

sudo apt-get -y install ranger

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

You can also use apt command to install ranger.

sudo apt -y install ranger

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

sudo aptitude install ranger

Summary

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