add-apt-repository: command not found

add-apt-repository: command not found

Newly Deployed Cloud VPS and Minimal Installation Images of Debian and Ubuntu you receive the following error add-apt-repository: command not found.

You can fix the following error by running this command on your Debian or Ubuntu System.

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common

Sometimes you may not need sudo if you're logged in as root. In that case you can run it as

apt-get install software-properties-common

Once you’ve installed software-properties-common, it is best to run a apt-update command

sudo apt-get update
or
apt-get update

 

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