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Adriel Vincenzo Hernandez
Adriel Vincenzo Hernandez
1,390 Points

treehouse ~ $ sudo apt-get install build essentail

treehouse ~ $ sudo apt-get install build essentail Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package build-essentail

^Result after "Enter"

Already did "sudo apt-get update" numerous times then "treehouse ~ $ sudo apt-get install build essentail" after completing the update

how to resolve this?

1 Answer

Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points

I think you spelled it wrong.

It should be:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

You have:

sudo apt-get install build essentail

Try that and see if that fixes your issue :D

Adriel Vincenzo Hernandez
Adriel Vincenzo Hernandez
1,390 Points

Many THANKS!! I did not see that at all :))

Have a nice day :)

Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points

Glad you got it to work :D