pint-convert command not found

Introduction

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

pint-convert: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pint-convert: command not found

Solutions to pint-convert: command not found

How To Fix pint-convert: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu pint-convert is provided by python3-pint package.

python3-pint is:

Pint is Python module/package to define, operate and manipulate physical quantities: the product of a numerical value and a unit of measurement. It allows arithmetic operations between them and conversions from and to different units.

It is distributed with a comprehensive list of physical units, prefixes and constants. Due to its modular design, you can extend (or even rewrite!) the complete list without changing the source code.

This package contains the Python 3.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-pint

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

You can also use apt command to install python3-pint.

sudo apt -y install python3-pint

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

sudo aptitude install python3-pint

Summary

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