zhcon command not found

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

Introduction

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

zhcon: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: zhcon: command not found

Solutions to zhcon: command not found

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

In Ubuntu zhcon is provided by zhcon package.

zhcon is:

Zhcon is a fast Linux console Chinese system which supports framebuffer device. It can display Chinese, Japanese or Korean double byte characters on console.

Features include:

  • Full support for Linux FrameBuffer device (from 640x480x8bpp to 1024x768x32bpp)
  • Multiple language support (GB2312, GBK, BIG5, JIS, KSC)
  • Auto-detect and convert between GB2312 and BIG5 encoding (like hztty)
  • Hot key to change language encoding on the fly
  • Can use input method from MS Windows 98 Chinese version or UCDOS for MS-DOS

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

sudo apt-get -y install zhcon

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

You can also use apt command to install zhcon.

sudo apt -y install zhcon

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

sudo aptitude install zhcon

Summary

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