Install sbt on ubuntu

I have installed sbt on Ubuntu.

:~/bin/sbt/bin$ ls
classes    sbt      sbt-launch.jar       target
jansi.jar  sbt.bat  sbt-launch-lib.bash  win-sbt

However, whenever I try to launch sbt (from the same directory where sbt is located) it does not work:

No command 'sbt' found, did you mean:
 Command 'skt' from package 'latex-sanskrit' (universe)
 Command 'sb2' from package 'scratchbox2' (universe)
 Command 'sbd' from package 'cluster-glue' (main)
 Command 'mbt' from package 'mbt' (universe)
 Command 'sbmt' from package 'atfs' (universe)
 Command 'lbt' from package 'lbt' (universe)
 Command 'st' from package 'suckless-tools' (universe)
 Command 'sb' from package 'lrzsz' (universe)

I am new to linux and I have no idea how to tackle this issue.

The simplest way of installing SBT on ubuntu is the deb package provided by Typesafe.

Run the following shell commands:

1. wget http://apt.typesafe.com/repo-deb-build-0002.deb
2. sudo dpkg -i repo-deb-build-0002.deb
3. sudo apt-get update
4. sudo apt-get install sbt

And you're done !

It seems like you installed a zip version of sbt, which is fine. But I suggest you install the native debian package if you are on Ubuntu. That is how I managed to install it on my Ubuntu 12.04. Check it out here: http://www.scala-sbt.org/release/docs/Installing-sbt-on-Linux.html Or simply directly download it from here.

> No command sbt found

It's saying that sbt is not on your path. Try to run ./sbt from ~/bin/sbt/bin or wherever the sbt executable is to verify that it runs correctly. Also check that you have execute permissions on the sbt executable. If this works , then add ~/bin/sbt/bin to your path and sbt should run from anywhere.

See this question about adding a directory to your path.

To verify the path is set correctly use the which command on LINUX. The output will look something like this:

$ which sbt
/usr/bin/sbt

Lastly, to verify sbt is working try running sbt -help or likewise. The output with -help will look something like this:

$ sbt -help
Usage: sbt [options]

  -h | -help         print this message
  ...

As an alternative approach, you can save the SBT Extras script to a file called sbt.sh and set the permission to executable. Then add this file to your path, or just put it under your ~/bin directory.

The bonus here, is that it will download and use the correct version of SBT depending on your project properties. This is a nice convenience if you tend to compile open source projects that you pull from GitHub and other.

My guess is that the directory ~/bin/sbt/bin is not in your PATH.

To execute programs or scripts that are in the current directory you need to prefix the command with ./, as in:

./sbt

This is a security feature in linux, so to prevent overriding of system commands (and other programs) by a malicious party dropping a file in your home directory (for example). Imagine a script called 'ls' that emails your /etc/passwd file to 3rd party before executing the ls command... Or one that executes 'rm -rf .'...

That said, unless you need something specific from the latest source code, you're best off doing what paradigmatic said in his post, and install it from the Typesafe repository.