rocketcea command not found

Introduction

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

rocketcea: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: rocketcea: command not found

Solutions to rocketcea: command not found

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

In Ubuntu rocketcea is provided by rocketcea package.

rocketcea is:

RocketCEA makes direct calls to a modified copy of the NASA FORTRAN CEA code in “rocket” mode to calculate Isp, Cstar, Tcham etc. and provides tools to help determine useful mixture ratio range, optimum MR and more.

The modifications to CEA2.f have been made in order to properly handle hydrazine monopropellant’s ammonia dissociation.

A typical use of this program would be to help determine input values for a rocket motor burn simulation program.

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

sudo apt-get -y install rocketcea

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

You can also use apt command to install rocketcea.

sudo apt -y install rocketcea

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

sudo aptitude install rocketcea

Summary

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