calibrate_ppa command not found
Introduction
When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message
calibrate_ppa: command not found
or when using sudo you get the following error message
sudo: calibrate_ppa: command not found
Solutions to calibrate_ppa: command not found
How To Fix calibrate_ppa: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian
In Ubuntu calibrate_ppa is provided by printer-driver-pnm2ppa package.
printer-driver-pnm2ppa is:
Using pnm2ppa it’s possible to run HP-GDI printers on Linux. These printers are normally “Windows-only” and use the PPA protocol which is proprietary. pnm2ppa supports color.
pnm2ppa supports the following printers: HP Deskjet 7XX Series, HP Deskjet 820 Series and HP Deskjet 1000 Series.
To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.
sudo apt-get -y install printer-driver-pnm2ppa
This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.
You can also use apt command to install printer-driver-pnm2ppa.
sudo apt -y install printer-driver-pnm2ppa
Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.
sudo aptitude install printer-driver-pnm2ppa
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to fix calibrate_ppa command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.