Terminal doesn't understand sudo command

I think the error refers to the command(s) following "sudo." Were you prompted for your password?

I got the same error, but not because of "sudo."

Be sure there is a

source .profile

at the end of your .bash_profile. All the .profile file does is modify your PATH and MANPATH.

BTW, port is in /opt/local/bin/port

Eric

I think the error refers to the command(s) following "sudo." Were you prompted for your password?

No, that would be:

 sudo fred
Password:
sudo: fred: command not found

But if the command bash is asked to execute is not found you get

 fred
-bash: fred: command not found

So I think he is not finding sudo.

That makes me think that PATH has been messed up, because sudo is in /usr/bin/sudo which is always in PATH unless it has been messed up. Which makes me think that .profile was properly executed, and that is how PATH got messed up.

So I would look very closely at .profile and make sure PATH is setup correctly. I would expect it to looks something like:

export PATH="$PATH:/opt/local/bin"

You've got 2 problems. The first I'm guessing is you've hosed your PATH environment variable somehow. Did you mess with it in your .bash_profile?

Second, anything in your .profile has no affect unless you source it (source .profile). See my other answer.

Fix the first problem first.

Eric

Your *export PATH* looks reasonable, but to get the errors you are getting PATH must be missing /use/bin

Try the command:

echo $PATH

You should see /use/bin and /bin in the output. These 2 directories are where most of the normal commands are stored.

BobHarris wrote:
Your *export PATH* looks reasonable, but to get the errors you are getting PATH must be missing /use/bin

I'm sure you meant /usr/bin 🙂

Eric

And I most llikely typed /usr/bin but my iPod Touch spelled checked and auto-corrected it to /use/bin

Chrismas gift I'm still getting used to 🙂

A wife that knows what a husband likes; Priceless! 🙂

Very nice. Santa didn't bring me one 😟

Eric