/usr/bin/time: No such file or directory

linux time command fedora
ShadowCrossZero picture ShadowCrossZero · Nov 29, 2013 · Viewed 10.4k times · Source

I'm trying to run the time command for a file on a virtual machine running Fedora 19 64-bit and I get the message "/usr/bin/time: No such file or directory". I tried googling, but it appears it's something that I should already have. How do I get this on my computer?

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starbeamrainbowlabs picture starbeamrainbowlabs · May 27, 2017

For those on a raspberry pi or similar debian-based distributions, I found that I could install the package time (sudo apt install time) to obtain access to the time command.

Edit: For Fedora-based systems, the package name might be different. Try a dnf search time, followed by a sudo dnf install {package_name}. I don't have a Fedora machine immediately to hand to get the exact package name from.

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