wreplace command not found

Introduction

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

wreplace: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: wreplace: command not found

Solutions to wreplace: command not found

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

In Ubuntu wreplace is provided by wily package.

wily is:

Wily’s basic functions are to edit and search for text and to run commands. It is intended to eventually be an integrated working environment for all tasks involving text. It uses the mouse heavily.

It emphasises speed for experienced users, but is probably simple to learn as it has very few concepts.

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

sudo apt-get -y install wily

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

You can also use apt command to install wily.

sudo apt -y install wily

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

sudo aptitude install wily

Summary

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