Solution to missing visudo command in Bash

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If you cannot find the visudo command in your Linux shell, the sudo package may not be installed. Updating the package and installing sudo will solve the problem.

2023.07.192026.03.22

If you receive the error message bash: visudo: command not found when trying to run the visudo command in a Linux shell, it indicates that the sudo package is not installed. This error can be resolved by running the following command

$ apt update 
$ apt install sudo

These commands first update the system package list ( apt update) and then install the sudo package ( apt install sudo). This will make sudo related commands available, including the visudo command.

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