Command ‘curl’ not found on Ubuntu 20.04

Getting “Command curl not found” on Ubuntu 20.04? Here is how to install curl with a single command, then confirm it works and fix your PATH if it does not.

The following error message may appear on your terminal hinting at the unavailability of the curl command:

Command 'curl' not found, but can be installed with:
OR
bash: /usr/bin/curl: No such file or directory

1. To resolve this issue first try to install the curl command. The first and most obvious installation method is to execute the following command:

   $ sudo apt install curl
   

2. In case the curl command is still not found check whether the curl binary executable exists:

   $ ls  /usr/bin/curl
   /usr/bin/curl
   

   Check if you can execute the command using a full path:

   $ /usr/bin/curl --version
   curl 7.66.0 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.66.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1d zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.7 libidn2/2.2.0 libpsl/0.20.2 (+libidn2/2.0.5) libssh/0.9.3/openssl/zlib nghttp2/1.40.0 librtmp/2.3
   

3. Next, ensure the path to the curl is a part of your executable shell path:

   $ echo $PATH
   /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
   

4. Lastly, you may try to reinstall the curl command:

   $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure curl