ximtool command not found

Introduction

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

ximtool: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ximtool: command not found

Solutions to ximtool: command not found

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

In Ubuntu ximtool is provided by ximtool package.

ximtool is:

Ximtool provides an image display capability to remote client applications for IRAF using the standard imtool/iis image display protocol. The image display server allows a number of image frame buffers to be created and displayed. The client can read and write data in these frame buffers. Any frame or combination of frames can be displayed. Various display options are provided, e.g., zoom and pan, flip about either axis, frame blink, windowing of the display, and colortable enhancement.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ximtool

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

You can also use apt command to install ximtool.

sudo apt -y install ximtool

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

sudo aptitude install ximtool

Summary

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