sow command not found

Introduction

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

sow: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: sow: command not found

Solutions to sow: command not found

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

In Ubuntu sow is provided by ruby-hoe package.

ruby-hoe is:

Hoe is a rake/rubygems helper for project Rakefiles. It helps you manage and maintain, and release your project and includes a dynamic plug-in system allowing for easy extensibility. Hoe ships with plug-ins for all your usual project tasks including rdoc generation, testing, packaging, and deployment.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-hoe

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

You can also use apt command to install ruby-hoe.

sudo apt -y install ruby-hoe

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

sudo aptitude install ruby-hoe

Summary

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