simple_pacs command not found

Introduction

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

simple_pacs: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: simple_pacs: command not found

Solutions to simple_pacs: command not found

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

In Ubuntu simple_pacs is provided by ctn package.

ctn is:

DICOM is the standard for image storage, annotation, and networking. It is used widely for medical imaging. The Central Test Node software (CTN) provides an implementation of this standard.

This package includes the binary and run-time configuration files for CTN.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ctn

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

You can also use apt command to install ctn.

sudo apt -y install ctn

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

sudo aptitude install ctn

Summary

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