ris2bib command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix ris2bib command not found error message

Introduction

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

ris2bib: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ris2bib: command not found

In Ubuntu ris2bib is provided by cb2bib package.

cb2bib is:

cb2bib is a program to extract bibliographic references from unformatted and non standard sources, like:

Output references are written to BibTeX-formatted files. Other features include:

article files can be linked and renamed by dragging them onto the cb2Bib window;
editing and browsing BibTeX files;
citing references, searching references and the full contents of the referenced documents;
inserting bibliographic metadata to documents;
writing short notes that interrelate several references.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cb2bib

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

You can also use apt command to install cb2bib.

sudo apt -y install cb2bib

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

sudo aptitude install cb2bib

In this tutorial we learn how to fix ris2bib command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.