vtkWrapPythonInit-7.1 command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix vtkWrapPythonInit-7.1 command not found error message

Introduction

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

vtkWrapPythonInit-7.1: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: vtkWrapPythonInit-7.1: command not found

In Ubuntu vtkWrapPythonInit-7.1 is provided by python3-vtk7 package.

python3-vtk7 is:

The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) is an open-source software system for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization.

This package provides the python3 bindings for VTK.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-vtk7

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

You can also use apt command to install python3-vtk7.

sudo apt -y install python3-vtk7

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

sudo aptitude install python3-vtk7

In this tutorial we learn how to fix vtkWrapPythonInit-7.1 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.