GeodesicProj command not found

Introduction

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

GeodesicProj: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: GeodesicProj: command not found

Solutions to GeodesicProj: command not found

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

In Ubuntu GeodesicProj is provided by geographiclib-tools package.

geographiclib-tools is:

GeographicLib is a small set of C++ classes for converting between geographic, UTM, UPS, MGRS, geocentric, and local cartesian coordinates, for geoid calculations, and for computing geodesic. It is a suitable replacement for the core functionality provided by NGA Geotrans.

This package contains some core tools based on the GeographicLib library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install geographiclib-tools

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

You can also use apt command to install geographiclib-tools.

sudo apt -y install geographiclib-tools

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

sudo aptitude install geographiclib-tools

Summary

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