spd command not found

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

Introduction

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

spd: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: spd: command not found

Solutions to spd: command not found

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

In Ubuntu spd is provided by spd package.

spd is:

SPD stands for SPatial Distortion. Written in C language, this command-line driven program deals with images coming from X-ray diffusion/diffraction experiments. It does subsequently: *intensity corrections (dark current, flat field correction, …), *geometry corrections using spline files or a pair of distortion arrays, *azimuthal integration in 2D or 1D after maskin defective pixels. SPD was originally written by Jorg Klora for ESRF and was re-written by Peter Boesecke. Maintenance and packaging of the program are provided by Rainer Wilcke and Jerome Kieffer from software group at ESRF.

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

sudo apt-get -y install spd

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

You can also use apt command to install spd.

sudo apt -y install spd

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

sudo aptitude install spd

Summary

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