Command ‘curl’ not found on Ubuntu or Debian or Mac

In this article, we find resolution for the error Command ‘curl’ not found on Ubuntu or Debian or Mac.

Command 'curl' not found, but can be installed with: sudo snap install curl # version 7.86.0, or sudo apt install curl # version 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.6 See 'snap info curl' for additional versions. Command 'curl' not found, but can be installed with: sudo snap install curl # version 7.86.0, or sudo apt install curl # version 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.6 See 'snap info curl' for additional versions

Command 'curl' not found on Ubuntu or Debian or Mac

Curl is a tool for transferring data from or to a server. It supports these protocols: DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTMPS, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET or TFTP. The command is designed to work without user interaction.

1. We have to update the system. Reun below command.

sudo apt-get update

Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease [110 kB] Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 Packages [503 kB] Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease Get:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease [114 kB] Get:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease [99.8 kB] Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main i386 Packages [216 kB] Get:7 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 Packages [752 kB] Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main Translation-en [110 kB] Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [20.1 kB] Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 c-n-f Metadata [7,172 B] Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/restricted amd64 Packages [416 kB] Get:12 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main i386 Packages [389 kB] Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/restricted Translation-en [63.4 kB] Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/restricted amd64 c-n-f Metadata [584 B] Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/universe amd64 Packages [620 kB] Get:16 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main Translation-en [168 kB] Get:17 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [95.1 kB] Get:18 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 c-n-f Metadata [11.3 kB] Get:19 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [475 kB] Get:20 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/universe i386 Packages [481 kB] Get:21 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/restricted i386 Packages [23.4 kB] Get:22 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/restricted Translation-en [72.7 kB] Get:23 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe i386 Packages [555 kB] Get:24 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/universe Translation-en [81.3 kB] Get:25 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [13.3 kB] Get:26 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/universe amd64 c-n-f Metadata [11.0 kB] Get:27 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/multiverse amd64 c-n-f Metadata [228 B] Get:28 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe amd64 Packages [760 kB] Get:29 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe Translation-en [126 kB] Ign:29 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe Translation-en Get:30 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [257 kB] Get:31 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe DEP-11 48x48 Icons [156 kB] Get:32 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [237 kB] Get:33 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe amd64 c-n-f Metadata [13.9 kB] Get:34 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [7,216 B] Get:35 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [940 B] Get:36 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/multiverse amd64 c-n-f Metadata [420 B] Get:37 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports/universe i386 Packages [5,192 B] Get:38 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports/universe amd64 Packages [6,736 B] Get:39 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports/universe Translation-en [9,460 B] Get:40 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [11.7 kB] Get:41 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports/universe amd64 c-n-f Metadata [348 B] Get:29 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/universe Translation-en [126 kB] Fetched 6,951 kB in 1min 12s (96.5 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done

2. After successfully updating, install the curl using below command.

sudo apt-get install curl

3. Now, verify just typing curl on the terminal.