sudo: apt-get: command not found

Question

I am trying to run the following command to install some libraries.

sudo apt-get install graphviz libgraphviz-dev pkg-config

It is however returning the following error.

sudo: apt-get: command not found

I lack the knowledge to know what is required to install to make this work.

Edit: I was using Mac. apt-get is not available to Mac.

Solution 1

Apt is not available for MacOS. There are other options such as Homebrew or Macports.

This question has been asked and answered on our Unix sister site: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/80711/how-to-install-ap

Solution 2

It depends what version of linux you're using. Debian based distros use sudo apt-get <package_name> while Fedora based distros use yum install <package_name>.

To find out what version you're using execute command cat /etc/*-release as stated here: HowTo: Find Out My Linux Distribution Name and Version

Comments

[Austin Hemmelgarn]

Also, on newer Debian systems, it's just sudo apt install. apt-get is supposed to still work, but some of the bleeding-edge fringe variants don't include the required symlink.

[Ravindra Bawane]

OP updated their question to indicate they are on MacOS

[gronostaj]

Debian and Ubuntu use apt, not yum.