bibtool command not found

Introduction

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

bibtool: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: bibtool: command not found

Solutions to bibtool: command not found

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

In Ubuntu bibtool is provided by bibtool package.

bibtool is:

BibTeX provides an easy to use means to integrate citations and bibliographies into LaTeX documents. But the user is left alone with the management of the BibTeX files. BibTool is intended to fill this gap. BibTool allows the manipulation of BibTeX files which goes beyond the possibilities – and intentions – of BibTeX.

BibTool manipulates BibTeX database files through the command line front-end bibtool which accepts numerous options. Modifications are performed through resource instructions that allow the modification of the various internal parameters determining the behavior of BibTool; resource instructions can be grouped in resource files. The original BibTool distribution contains a sufficient set of resource file samples to perform basic, relevant manipulations.

BibTool contains a documentation written in LaTeX.

BibTool is written in C and has been compiled on various operating systems like flavors of UN*X and MSDOS machines.

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

sudo apt-get -y install bibtool

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

You can also use apt command to install bibtool.

sudo apt -y install bibtool

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

sudo aptitude install bibtool

Summary

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