iconx command not found

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

Introduction

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

iconx: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: iconx: command not found

Solutions to iconx: command not found

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

In Ubuntu iconx is provided by iconx package.

iconx is:

Ideal for both complex nonnumerical applications and for situations where users need quick solutions with a minimum of programming effort, Icon is a high-level, general purpose programming language with a syntax similar to Pascal and C. Its applications include: rapid prototyping, analyzing natural languages, generating computer programs, and artificial intelligence. (From the back cover of the book “The Icon Programming Language,” by Griswold and Griswold.)

This package contains the Icon executor, iconx, which is needed to execute interpreted Icon programs. If you are starting from Icon source code (as opposed to precompiled `ucode’ files), you will also need the icont package, which converts your Icon source into a program that iconx can execute.

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

sudo apt-get -y install iconx

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

You can also use apt command to install iconx.

sudo apt -y install iconx

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

sudo aptitude install iconx

Summary

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