file2brl command not found

Introduction

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

file2brl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: file2brl: command not found

Solutions to file2brl: command not found

How To Fix file2brl: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu file2brl is provided by liblouisutdml-bin package.

liblouisutdml-bin is:

liblouisutdml is an extension of liblouisxml, the translator from xml format into transcribed braille, that includes support for Unified Tactile Document Markup Language (UTDML).

This consists essentially of subtrees containing all the braille translations and formatting, plus sometags.

This package contains utdml2brl which translates an utdml or text file into an embosser-ready braille file.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblouisutdml-bin

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

You can also use apt command to install liblouisutdml-bin.

sudo apt -y install liblouisutdml-bin

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

sudo aptitude install liblouisutdml-bin

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix file2brl command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.