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Why does my terminal attempt to execute 'sudo apt-get update' at every launch?

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Every time I launch a terminal it attempts to execute sudo apt-get update

This happens regardless of which terminal emulator is used - both guake and gnome-terminal do it at least.

It also does the behavior upon creating new tabs within either terminal application or when logging into different ttys. Any time a new bash is started it seems.

Additionally, the command inexplicably fails (command not found) - though it executes perfectly if I type it in manually.

How can I make this strange terminal quirk desist?

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answered 2 Years ago reangi · Accepted Answer

The error message

sudo apt-get update: command not found

means that something is trying to execute a command called "sudo apt-get update", not the command sudo with arguments apt-get and update.

There must be such a command in one of the several scripts that are invoked when bash starts. It could be any of:

/etc/profile

~/.bash_profile

~/.bash_login

~/.profile

~/.bashrc

or something invoked by any of them. Try grepping for apt-get in those files. If that fails, look at other scripts and commands they invoke.

For example, I just reproduced the error message by (temporarily) adding this line:

"sudo apt-get full-upgrade"

(including the quotes) to my ~/.bashrc.

You can also try running bash -lx from the prompt; -l makes it a login shell, and -x causes it to trace commands. To save the output in a file:

bash -lx < /dev/null > bash-lx.log 2>&1