bibcursed command not found

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

Introduction

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

bibcursed: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bibcursed: command not found

Solutions to bibcursed: command not found

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

In Ubuntu bibcursed is provided by bibcursed package.

bibcursed is:

Bibcursed is a simple program to make life a little easier when using BibTeX bibliographies. It currently provides these main functions:

  • Adding references to your bibliography. This is done with prompts so templates for the different entries (article, proceedings, etc) do not have to be remembered. Error checking is used so that the required fields have to be supplied, and incorrect fields cannot be entered. New entries are inserted into the ‘correct’ place in the BibTeX file
  • Clean and easy removal of entries
  • Viewing of entries and changing of fields
  • Easy searching of entries, including search by field

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

sudo apt-get -y install bibcursed

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

You can also use apt command to install bibcursed.

sudo apt -y install bibcursed

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

sudo aptitude install bibcursed

Summary

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