abcm2ps command not found

Introduction

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

abcm2ps: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: abcm2ps: command not found

Solutions to abcm2ps: command not found

How To Fix abcm2ps: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu abcm2ps is provided by abcm2ps package.

abcm2ps is:

The program translates tunes written in the ABC format to PostScript, which can then be viewed using Ghostview et al. or printed on a PostScript printer or through Ghostscript. It supports various semi-standard extensions to the ABC standard, such as multiple voices and staves.

Jean-François Moine once wrote abcm2ps as a successor of abc2ps by Michael Methfessel. He is working on an new version named abc2svg.

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

sudo apt-get -y install abcm2ps

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

You can also use apt command to install abcm2ps.

sudo apt -y install abcm2ps

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

sudo aptitude install abcm2ps

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix abcm2ps command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.