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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.

Answer 1

The simplest way of installing SBT on ubuntu is the deb package provided by Typesafe.
Run the following shell commands:
wget http://apt.typesafe.com/repo-deb-build-0002.deb
sudo dpkg -i repo-deb-build-0002.deb
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sbt
And you're done !

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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
...

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

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.