Command sudo not found, even though it is installed

Question

This happened to me after installing java. I believe I messed with the ./bashrc file if I'm correct.

I've checked my files and sudo is still there, but ubuntu seems to not be able to find it.

Before installing java I could use sudo.

Any help is greatly appriciated.

sudo should be in /usr/bin; if which doesn't see it, then your path is definitely not the default. Please post your path, along with any entry in ~/.bashrc that references it. — ajgringo619, Aug 04 '19 at 19:14
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin — Carter, Aug 04 '19 at 19:22
In my bashrc file theres no mention of path besides in a comment, and no literal mention of the string /usr/local/.... — Carter, Aug 04 '19 at 19:23
OK - try running, as a test, /usr/bin/sudo apt-get update. — ajgringo619, Aug 04 '19 at 19:25
Odd, it says no such file or directory, but I dont remember deleting the file. — Carter, Aug 04 '19 at 19:32
At least we're getting somewhere. Can you confirm that sudo is still installed? — ajgringo619, Aug 04 '19 at 19:34
How would I do that, doing apt install sudo tells me it's already installed to version 1.8.21p2 — Carter, Aug 04 '19 at 19:38
Maybe it just got deleted by mistake. Can you switch to the root account via su -? If so, try reinstalling sudo - sudo apt-get install --reinstall sudo. — ajgringo619, Aug 04 '19 at 19:41
I'm in the root from safe boot, running apt-get install --reinstall sudo shows up it says reinstalled 1 but also Err: could not resolve us.archive.ubuntu.com — Carter, Aug 04 '19 at 19:47
This is not good. Try locate sudo; if that doesn't find it, try find / -name sudo. — ajgringo619, Aug 04 '19 at 19:58
Locate sudo printed out about 20 or 30 lines of usr/ and var/ — Carter, Aug 04 '19 at 19:59
Instead of rebooting into safe-boot, can you get to a root console via su -? — ajgringo619, Aug 04 '19 at 20:01
In order for me to get Into su - I have to use a password, and using the only password I've given the computer doesnt work, while in order to change it I need sudo I believe. — Carter, Aug 04 '19 at 20:03
If reinstalling from safe-boot didn't work (I'm assuming because of the network issue), the only other thing I can think of is to download the sudo package, reboot into safe-boot, purge sudo, then reinstall it from the deb - dpkg -i /path/to/sudo-deb. — ajgringo619, Aug 04 '19 at 20:17
No such file or directory. Would plugging an ethernet cable let me connect to the internet to install? If not I'll download the package and try the dpkg — Carter, Aug 04 '19 at 20:32
Just download the package - no need to waste anymore of your time. — ajgringo619, Aug 04 '19 at 20:39

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 05 '19 at 05:43

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Try to reinstall sudo:

pkexec apt-get install --reinstall sudo

answered Aug 05 '19 at 05:43

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