checkit_tiff command not found

Introduction

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

checkit_tiff: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: checkit_tiff: command not found

Solutions to checkit_tiff: command not found

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

In Ubuntu checkit_tiff is provided by checkit-tiff package.

checkit-tiff is:

“checkit_tiff” is a conformance checker for baseline TIFFs (with various extensions). It works in different way than other tools. Instead to use a hardcoded rule set with predefined values, you are able to define tags and corresponding values more fine granulary. The rulesets are human readable and could be adapted to own needs.

The “checkit_tiff” works on commandline and therefore it is embedable in scripts

The tools are developed for purposes of curation and longterm preservation

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

sudo apt-get -y install checkit-tiff

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

You can also use apt command to install checkit-tiff.

sudo apt -y install checkit-tiff

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

sudo aptitude install checkit-tiff

Summary

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