cadabra2-gtk command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix cadabra2-gtk command not found error message

Introduction

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

cadabra2-gtk: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: cadabra2-gtk: command not found

Solutions to cadabra2-gtk: command not found

How To Fix cadabra2-gtk: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu cadabra2-gtk is provided by cadabra2 package.

cadabra2 is:

This is a computer algebra system designed specifically for the solution of problems encountered in field theory. It has extensive functionality for tensor polynomial simplification including multi-term symmetries, fermions and anti-commuting variables, Clifford algebras and Fierz transformations, implicit coordinate dependence, multiple index types and many more. The input format is a subset of TeX.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cadabra2

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

You can also use apt command to install cadabra2.

sudo apt -y install cadabra2

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

sudo aptitude install cadabra2

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix cadabra2-gtk command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.