Use sudo to install sudo?

[SoundFriend]

Not a problem, but this amused me. Somehow sudo had been removed from my system.

sudo apt-get update
The program 'sudo' can be found in the following packages:
 * sudo
 * sudo-ldap
Try: sudo apt-get install <selected package>
-bash: sudo: command not found

A bit like 'keyboard not found, press any key to continue'

John

[null byte]

I don't know what to tell you, maybe a more experienced member will tell you what's with that.

But you can use the su command to get sudo back.

[mcduck]

No, you can't. "su" would require an active root account to work, as it asks for root user's password, not the current user's.


But anyway, the solution is to boot into the recovery mode from Grub menu, which will get you into root shell. then just run "apt-get install sudo".

(I must admit that this is a bit trickier situation to solve than the "keyboard not found"-error you mentioned. Which, actually, is perfectly logical when you know that the machine can't continue the boot process until the keyboard is attached..)

[null byte]

No, you can't. "su" would require an active root account to work, as it asks for root user's password, not the current user's.


But anyway, the solution is to boot into the recovery mode from Grub menu, which will get you into root shell. then just run "apt-get install sudo".

My bad, sorry mcduck.

[SoundFriend]

No, you can't. "su" would require an active root account to work, as it asks for root user's password, not the current user's.

I had an active root account, so not a problem for me to fix

But anyway, the solution is to boot into the recovery mode from Grub menu, which will get you into root shell. then just run "apt-get install sudo".

Thnaks, useful to know if it happens again..

John