really command not found

Introduction

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

really: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: really: command not found

Solutions to really: command not found

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

In Ubuntu really is provided by chiark-really package.

chiark-really is:

really is a program that allows certain users to become whatever user they like on request. It is a bit like sudo in that respect. However, really is simpler than sudo, and doesn’t give the system administrator any false security promises. So really is less of a general security risk to the system.

Unlike sudo it does not pretend that the called account can be any more secure than the calling account, so there is never a need for a password. If you wanted to restrict which commands and functions the called user can perform, use userv, not really or sudo.

Also unlike sudo, really only works if the calling user is supposed to be equivalent to root. But, really can also be used by root-equivalent users to become any user, not just root; in this way it can be a replacement for certain uses of su.

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

sudo apt-get -y install chiark-really

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

You can also use apt command to install chiark-really.

sudo apt -y install chiark-really

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

sudo aptitude install chiark-really

Summary

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