barcode command not found

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

Introduction

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

barcode: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: barcode: command not found

Solutions to barcode: command not found

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

In Ubuntu barcode is provided by barcode package.

barcode is:

GNU-barcode can create printouts for the conventional product-tagging standards: UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-13, EAN-8, ISBN, and several others. Output is generated as either Postscript, Encapsulated Postscript, SVG, or PCL.

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

sudo apt-get -y install barcode

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

You can also use apt command to install barcode.

sudo apt -y install barcode

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

sudo aptitude install barcode

Summary

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