pulptest command not found

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

Introduction

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

pulptest: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pulptest: command not found

In Ubuntu pulptest is provided by python3-pulp package.

python3-pulp is:

PuLP is an LP modeler written in Python. PuLP can generate MPS or LP files and call GLPK, COIN CLP/CBC, CPLEX, and GUROBI to solve linear problems.

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-pulp

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

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

sudo apt -y install python3-pulp

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

sudo aptitude install python3-pulp

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