escputil command not found

Introduction

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

escputil: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: escputil: command not found

Solutions to escputil: command not found

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

In Ubuntu escputil is provided by escputil package.

escputil is:

escputil is a utility to clean and align the heads of Epson Stylus printers. It can also check the current ink levels in the printer.

Gutenprint is the print facility for the GIMP, and in addition a suite of drivers that may be used with common UNIX spooling systems using GhostScript or CUPS. These drivers provide printing quality for UNIX/Linux on a par with proprietary vendor-supplied drivers in many cases, and can be used for many of the most demanding printing tasks. Gutenprint was formerly known as Gimp-Print.

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

sudo apt-get -y install escputil

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

You can also use apt command to install escputil.

sudo apt -y install escputil

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

sudo aptitude install escputil

Summary

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