Shape_PointInPoly command not found

Introduction

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

Shape_PointInPoly: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: Shape_PointInPoly: command not found

Solutions to Shape_PointInPoly: command not found

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

In Ubuntu Shape_PointInPoly is provided by shapelib package.

shapelib is:

The Shapefile format is a working and interchange format promoted by ESRI for simple vector data with attributes. It is apparently the only file format that can be edited in ARCView 2/3, and can also be exported and imported in ArcGis.

This package contains a useful set of tools to manage shapefiles.

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

sudo apt-get -y install shapelib

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

You can also use apt command to install shapelib.

sudo apt -y install shapelib

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

sudo aptitude install shapelib

Summary

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