How to fix apt-get: command not found on AWS EC2?

Question

I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my Amazon EC2 instance and am trying to install packages using apt-get, but I am getting the following error:

sudo: apt-get: command not found

Ubuntu comes with apt, so it should be there. How do I fix this?

it'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
Try 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

score 442 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 13 '15 at 00:08

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Try replacing apt-get with yum as Amazon Linux based AMI uses the yum command instead of apt-get.

edited Oct 13 '15 at 00:08

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answered Feb 03 '13 at 02:01

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this 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
Hey @Pat841 , mark this as the answer – Daggie Blanqx - Douglas Mwangi Dec 21 '19 at 12:32
what is AMI?. What is the difference between AMI linux and ubuntu – daniel Mar 04 '20 at 05:15
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yum doesn't have the packages I need to install........ soooooo – Urasquirrel May 13 '20 at 14:04
Same here, yum does not support the package I need (`gfortran`). What to do? – Danijel May 08 '23 at 12:39

score 22 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 25 '13 at 19:30

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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.

answered Jun 25 '13 at 19:30

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Happening with UBUNTU Server also. – Dharmendra Vaishnav May 02 '20 at 18:22
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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
so what's the solution? – Ludo Schmidt Jun 23 '23 at 12:33

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 22 '13 at 14:04

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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.

answered Aug 22 '13 at 14:04

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score 4 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 16 '15 at 19:47

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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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answered Jun 29 '13 at 03:42

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