drawxtl command not found

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

Introduction

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

drawxtl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: drawxtl: command not found

Solutions to drawxtl: command not found

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

In Ubuntu drawxtl is provided by drawxtl package.

drawxtl is:

DRAWxtl reads a basic description of the crystal structure, which includes unit-cell parameters, space group, atomic coordinates, thermal parameters or a Fourier map, and outputs a geometry object that contains polyhedra, planes, lone-pair cones, spheres or ellipsoids, bonds, iso-surface Fourier contours and the unit-cell boundary.

Four forms of graphics are produced:

  • an OpenGL window for immediate viewing
  • the Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer (POV-RAY) scene language for publication-quality drawings
  • the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) for dissemination across the Internet
  • a Postscript rendering of the OpenGL window for those who want high-quality output but do not have POV-RAY installed.

File formats DRAWxtl can read include CIF, FDAT, FullProf (pcr), GSAS, SCHAKAL, SHELX, DISCUS and WIEN2k.

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

sudo apt-get -y install drawxtl

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

You can also use apt command to install drawxtl.

sudo apt -y install drawxtl

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

sudo aptitude install drawxtl

Summary

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