bibtex.pybtex command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix bibtex.pybtex command not found error message

Introduction

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

bibtex.pybtex: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bibtex.pybtex: command not found

Solutions to bibtex.pybtex: command not found

How To Fix bibtex.pybtex: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu bibtex.pybtex is provided by pybtex package.

pybtex is:

Pybtex reads citation information from a file and produces a formatted bibliography. BibTeX style files are supported. Alternatively it is possible to write styles in Python.

Pybtex currently understands the following bibliography formats:

  • BibTeX
  • BibTeXML
  • YAML-based format

The resulting bibliography may be output in one of the following formats:

  • LaTeX
  • HTML
  • plain text

This package provides the command-line interface.

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

sudo apt-get -y install pybtex

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

You can also use apt command to install pybtex.

sudo apt -y install pybtex

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

sudo aptitude install pybtex

Summary

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