vtkWrapTcl-7.1 command not found

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

Introduction

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

vtkWrapTcl-7.1: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: vtkWrapTcl-7.1: command not found

In Ubuntu vtkWrapTcl-7.1 is provided by tcl-vtk7 package.

tcl-vtk7 is:

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

This package provides the shared libraries and executable that enable one to use VTK from Tcl/Tk scripts.

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

sudo apt-get -y install tcl-vtk7

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

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

sudo apt -y install tcl-vtk7

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

sudo aptitude install tcl-vtk7

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