Sudo not working?

try
whereis sudo
to check if it exists somewhere in your system
if it is there, check its location. it must be in your path environment

What is the *exact* error you get?

There's no such command as get-apt on Debian (unless you've written your own), so try

sudo apt-get update

whereis sudo returns 'sudo:'

This means it could not be found?

Sorry, I did try apt-get not apt-get, that is a typo.

apt-get won't be in your PATH.  Either add it to your PATH or specify the full path (/usr/sbin/apt-get from memory)

I think there is a problem with this version of Debian I am using.

So sudo doesn't work. There is a lot of information on the internet saying that I need to use 'visudo' to add a user to the sudoers list. This is also not part of my distro.

whereis sudo rerturns nil
but whereis visudo also returns nill.

I think it is just an ordinary  Debian Etch netinstall version but I downloaded it as an VMWare image. The person who created it, must have removed those utilities?

Or is just not part of Debian Etch. Not really 'etchy' :(

The exact command was 'apt-get install sudo'. After this install I could run 'visudo' and add my user to sudoers list.