merkaartor command not found

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

Introduction

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

merkaartor: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: merkaartor: command not found

Solutions to merkaartor: command not found

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

In Ubuntu merkaartor is provided by merkaartor package.

merkaartor is:

Merkaartor is a map editor for OpenStreetMap.org, the free editable map of the whole world.

Features:

  • download from and upload to the OpenStreetMap server
  • open .osm and .gpx files
  • create and move trackpoints, ways, and areas
  • add tags, delete features
  • reverse, split and join ways
  • visualize some leisure/landuse areas and road types
  • displaying GPS information

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

sudo apt-get -y install merkaartor

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

You can also use apt command to install merkaartor.

sudo apt -y install merkaartor

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

sudo aptitude install merkaartor

Summary

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