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Install history command package

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I have Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS running on a proxmox OpenVZ container.

I imagine it does not come with history because the up arrow on the command line gives me ^[[A

plus...

$ history

-sh: history: not found

But I get this when I trying to install.

$ sudo apt-get install history

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

E: Couldn't find package history

What is the correct package name I need to install to get history working?

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answered 3 Years ago eanda · Accepted Answer

The history command is a feature of bash. For some reason, Your system might be running dash instead of bash. Perhaps, you need to change your login shell to /bin/bash (should have been the default). Type the below command in terminal:

chsh -s /bin/bash

Then, log out and log in.

If you did not install bash in your system, you can install it by the command:

sudo apt-get install bash

Although, you can use other shell like zsh or tcsh (including history).