compface command not found

Introduction

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

compface: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: compface: command not found

Solutions to compface: command not found

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

In Ubuntu compface is provided by compface package.

compface is:

Converts 48x48 .xbm format (X bitmap) files to a compressed format that can be placed in your X-Face: mail header. Some mailreaders, like exmh will then display this image when the user is reading your mail.

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

sudo apt-get -y install compface

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

You can also use apt command to install compface.

sudo apt -y install compface

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

sudo aptitude install compface

Summary

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