I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my instance and am trying to install packages using apt-get, but I am getting the following error:
sudo: apt-get: command not found
How do I fix this?
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1it's really strange. i haven't experienced any problem. Do you use the right command? Can you write the full command you typed? – Fabio Dec 26 '12 at 19:32
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1sudo apt-get install build-essential git scons – Pat841 Dec 26 '12 at 19:33
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2What AMI Id? Is it public image? – Roman Newaza Dec 27 '12 at 02:41
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1Try to do this: `sudo su`, then `apt-get update && apt-get install -y build-essential git scons` – Roman Newaza Dec 27 '12 at 02:45
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Try replacing apt-get with yum as Amazon Linux based AMI uses the yum command instead of apt-get.
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18this would be so much better than the nerd-kings closing the question. `apt-get` doesn't work? type `yum` instead. – Walrus the Cat Nov 30 '16 at 22:29
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I guess you are actually using Amazon Linux AMI 2013.03.1 instead of Ubuntu Server 12.x reason why you don't have apt-get tool installed.
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Considering the packages I need aren't available with yum. This seems to be a better option. – Urasquirrel May 13 '20 at 14:09
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Check with "uname -a" and/or "lsb_release -a" to see which version of Linux you are actually running on your AWS instance. The default Amazon AMI image uses YUM for its package manager.
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please, be sure your connected to a ubuntu server, I Had the same problem but I was connected to other distro, check the AMI value in your details instance, it should be something like
AMI: ubuntu/images/ebs/ubuntu-precise-12.04-amd64-server-20130411.1
hope it helps
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