colmap command not found

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

Introduction

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

colmap: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: colmap: command not found

Solutions to colmap: command not found

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

In Ubuntu colmap is provided by colmap package.

colmap is:

This is a general-purpose Structure-from-Motion (SfM) and Multi-View Stereo (MVS) pipeline with a graphical and command-line interface. It offers a wide range of features for reconstruction of ordered and unordered image collections.

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

sudo apt-get -y install colmap

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

You can also use apt command to install colmap.

sudo apt -y install colmap

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

sudo aptitude install colmap

Summary

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