route-rnd command not found

Introduction

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

route-rnd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: route-rnd: command not found

Solutions to route-rnd: command not found

How To Fix route-rnd: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu route-rnd is provided by route-rnd package.

route-rnd is:

route-rnd is a generic ’external autorouter’ developed for the ringdove suite. It speaks the tEDAx format (http://www.repo.hu/projects/tedax). A route request tEDAx document is generated by a PCB editor, then route-rnd is called and writes the route result tEDAx which then can be fed back to the PCB editor to create the tracks. This process is demonstrated by ringdove’s pcb-rnd external autorouter feature.

Route-rnd is a modular router that offers different routing algorithms.

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

sudo apt-get -y install route-rnd

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

You can also use apt command to install route-rnd.

sudo apt -y install route-rnd

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

sudo aptitude install route-rnd

Summary

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