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paparoxo360
Asked: 2018-09-13 15:58:50 +0800 CST

I need a help with apt(annoying message)

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I made a script and moved it to /usr/bin, then i removed it, but now when i try to use apt to update or upgrade and install something, i get that message at the end "sh: 1: /usr/bin/test: not found"("test" was the name of the script), can someone help me, this is really annoying, Thanks.

upgrade apt 18.04

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  1. Best Answer

    /usr/bin/test is an important system utility, provided by the coreutils package. When you moved your script test to /usr/bin you overwrote it.

    You should be able to reinstall it using

    sudo apt install --reinstall coreutils

    If the missing test binary is preventing apt from running at all, then you can probably replace it temporarily with a link to /bin/busybox just so that apt install --reinstall can complete

    In the future, resist the urge to use /usr/bin for non-system scripts or programs - put personal scripts in ~/bin and site-wide ones in /usr/local/bin

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