qgis.bin command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix qgis.bin command not found error message

Introduction

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

qgis.bin: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: qgis.bin: command not found

Solutions to qgis.bin: command not found

How To Fix qgis.bin: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu qgis.bin is provided by qgis package.

qgis is:

A Geographic Information System (GIS) manages, analyzes, and displays databases of geographic information. QGIS supports shape file viewing and editing, spatial data storage with PostgreSQL/PostGIS, projection on-the-fly, map composition, and a number of other features via a plugin interface. QGIS also supports display of various georeferenced raster and Digital Elevation Model (DEM) formats including GeoTIFF, Arc/Info ASCII Grid, and USGS ASCII DEM.

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

sudo apt-get -y install qgis

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

You can also use apt command to install qgis.

sudo apt -y install qgis

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

sudo aptitude install qgis

Summary

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