pmw command not found

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

Introduction

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

pmw: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pmw: command not found

Solutions to pmw: command not found

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

In Ubuntu pmw is provided by pmw package.

pmw is:

PMW is a computer program for high quality music typesetting. It was originally written for Acorn RISC OS computers (where it was called PMS)

PMW operates by reading an input file containing an encoded description of the music; such a file can be constructed using any text editor or word processor. The music encoding is very straightforward and compact, and quick to enter. The input encoding is designed to be easy for a musician to remember, and tries to make use of as many familiar musical notations as possible within the limitations of an ASCII character set.

PMW can output PostScript files for printing, and basic MIDI files for proof-hearing.

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

sudo apt-get -y install pmw

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

You can also use apt command to install pmw.

sudo apt -y install pmw

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

sudo aptitude install pmw

Summary

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