[SOLVED] sudo command not found??

[New-beez]

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I've just installed Debian on my old iMac G3. The install seemed to go ok but failed to load to the GUI.
Thats ok I'll just enter some lines into the xorg.conf and it will be fine, or so I thought.
Now at the shell prompt when I type in any sudo command it says: "sudo command not found"
Is there an alternate command I can use in this situation - can anyone help please?

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

Just guessing here, but maybe sudo hasn't been installed yet:

apt-get install sudo

...check this HowTo for more info on Debian and sudo:

SUDO Configuration in Debian

[devils casper]

You can gain root privileges in Debian using su command.

su -
apt-get install sudo

Make sure to execute exit command to exit from root shell.

[oz]

You could also consider using Synaptic to install software under Debian should you not be comfortable using the Linux command line.

Here's a good HowTo with information for using it:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto

...note that the HowTo was written for Ubuntu but most of it applies to Debian as well.

Best of luck with it!