gwave-exec command not found

Introduction

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

gwave-exec: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gwave-exec: command not found

Solutions to gwave-exec: command not found

How To Fix gwave-exec: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu gwave-exec is provided by gwave package.

gwave is:

Gwave is a tool for viewing analog data, such as the output of Spice simulations.

Gwave can read “raw” files from spice2G6, spice3F5 or ngspice, and a tabular ASCII format suitable for use with GnuCAP or homegrown tools. It can also read several binary and ascii files written by commercial spice-type simulators such as hspice, tspice, and nanosim.

It supports multiple “panels” (graticules) with multiple variables displayed in each. Two vertical-bar cursors are available for time-difference measurements. Multiple files can be loaded, for comparing results of several simulations.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gwave

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

You can also use apt command to install gwave.

sudo apt -y install gwave

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

sudo aptitude install gwave

Summary

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