Install history command package

The history command is a feature of bash. For some reason, Your system might be running dash instead of bash. Perhaps, you need to change your login shell to /bin/bash (should have been the default). Type the below command in terminal:

chsh -s /bin/bash

Then, log out and log in.

If you did not install bash in your system, you can install it by the command:

sudo apt-get install bash

Although, you can use other shell like zsh or tcsh (including history).

What you are referring to is bash own history, which is typically saved in ~/.bash_history file, and this functionality is embedded into bash itself. No need to install additional packages.

Please have a look at this answer on how to check and enable bash history.

Also, there is a chance that you are not using bash, but some other shell. Use chsh command to change your shell.