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Development Tools Git Basics Getting Started With Git Working With Git Repositories

Posted by Matthew King
Matthew King
2,477 Points

I am not able to install git as shown in the video. When I type "sudo apt-get install git". I get a long error message.

I am not able to install git as shown in the video. When I type "sudo apt-get install git". I get a long error message saying:

Command 'sudo is available in 'user/bin/sudo' The command could not be located because 'usr/bin/ is not included in the PATH environment variable.

2 Answers

David Ker
David Ker
14,439 Points
David Ker
David Ker
14,439 Points

What operating system are you using? Or are you using the workspaces?

If you're on a Mac, the apt-get command doesn't work. apt-get is for Linux machines, such as Ubuntu.

Jon Baum
Jon Baum
13,863 Points
Jon Baum
Jon Baum
13,863 Points

Assuming you are using Linux, the problem is occurring because the PATH environment variable lacks the /usr/bin directory. The following command should be able to clear that up:

prompt> PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH

Admittedly, this will mean that /usr/bin is the first directory that is searched for executables, however it is unlikely to be an issue unless you download clashing versions of programs that are installed in different directories (a different topic for a different day). Cheers