epdfinfo command not found

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

Introduction

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

epdfinfo: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: epdfinfo: command not found

In Ubuntu epdfinfo is provided by elpa-pdf-tools-server package.

elpa-pdf-tools-server is:

This package contain the server needed by elpa-pdf-tools to transform pdf into png to be displayed by Emacs.

You probably need it only for elpa-pdf-tools

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

sudo apt-get -y install elpa-pdf-tools-server

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

You can also use apt command to install elpa-pdf-tools-server.

sudo apt -y install elpa-pdf-tools-server

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

sudo aptitude install elpa-pdf-tools-server

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