xiphos command not found

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

Introduction

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

xiphos: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: xiphos: command not found

Solutions to xiphos: command not found

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

In Ubuntu xiphos is provided by xiphos package.

xiphos is:

Xiphos is a Bible study program for the GNOME desktop environment, based on The SWORD Project by the CrossWire Bible Society, a framework for developing Bible study tools and of associated texts such as commentaries and dictionaries.

This package provides the main Xiphos program, a digital text reader with bookmarks and full-text search. It allows viewing multiple versions of the same text, for parallel reading of alternatives or translations. It also supports personal verse-specific notes and a rich-text study pad, both of which have spell checking and full-text search.

Xiphos has a built-in facility to browse and install freely-distributed content from CrossWire repositories.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xiphos

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

You can also use apt command to install xiphos.

sudo apt -y install xiphos

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

sudo aptitude install xiphos

Summary

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