sort: command not found [How To Fix]
Learn how to fix sort: command not found error message in this article. We will learn fixing this error message on several Linux distributions including Ubuntu and CentOS / AlmaLinux. We will also learn to resolve this problem on MacOS X
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When you run sort command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message
sort: command not found
Solutions to sort: command not found
How To Fix sort: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian
To fix this problem, we can install sort using the command below.
sudo apt-get -y install coreutils
This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.
You can also use apt command to install coreutils.
sudo apt -y install coreutils
Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.
sudo aptitude install coreutils
How To Fix sort: command not found in Alpine
In Alpine Linux, we can install sort using the command below.
apk add coreutils
How To Fix sort: command not found in Arch Linux
In Arch Linux, to fix this error message, we can install sort using the command below.
pacman -S coreutils
How To Fix sort: command not found CentOS / Alma Linux / Oracle Linux / Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
In CentOS or other RHEL based Linux distribution, we can install sort using the command below.
yum install coreutils
How To Fix sort: command not found in Fedora
In Fedora we can use dnf command to install sort using the command below.
dnf install coreutils
How To Fix sort: command not found in OS X
To fix this problem, we can install sort using the command below.
brew install coreutils