add_vs_cmap command not found

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

Introduction

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

add_vs_cmap: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: add_vs_cmap: command not found

In Ubuntu add_vs_cmap is provided by python3-nototools package.

python3-nototools is:

Noto is a collection of font families, each visually harmonized across scripts.

The name “Noto” is short for “No Tofu”, describing the aim of covering all living Unicode scripts.

Tofu (豆腐) is Japanese jargon for unicode replacement character “�” (U+FFFD) often displayed as replacement for unassigned or unknown characters.

This package contains Python scripts used to maintain the fonts.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-nototools

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

You can also use apt command to install python3-nototools.

sudo apt -y install python3-nototools

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

sudo aptitude install python3-nototools

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