apsfilterconfig command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix apsfilterconfig command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

apsfilterconfig: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: apsfilterconfig: command not found

Solutions to apsfilterconfig: command not found

How To Fix apsfilterconfig: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu apsfilterconfig is provided by apsfilter package.

apsfilter is:

apsfilter makes printing many file formats much easier. It features on-the-fly decompression and conversion, and works on both PostScript and non-PostScript (via Ghostscript) graphical printers.

Among the supported formats are: gzip, bzip2, compress, freeze, pack, ASCII, BMP, data (PCL, etc.), DVI, FBM, FIG, FITS, GIF, Group 3 fax, HTML, IFF ILBM, JPEG, Kodak Photo CD, MGR, MIFF, PBM/PGM/PNM/PPM, PDF, PNG, PostScript, RLE, SGI, Sketch, Sun raster, Targa, TIFF, troff, WPG, X pixmap, XCF. Note that actual support depends on the installed filter programs.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install apsfilter

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install apsfilter.

sudo apt -y install apsfilter

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install apsfilter

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix apsfilterconfig command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.