csplain command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix csplain command not found error message

Introduction

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

csplain: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: csplain: command not found

In Ubuntu csplain is provided by texlive-lang-czechslovak package.

texlive-lang-czechslovak is:

Support for Czech/Slovak.

This package includes the following CTAN packages:

babel-czech – Babel support for Czech

babel-slovak – Babel support for typesetting Slovak

cnbwp – Typeset working papers of the Czech National Bank

cs – Czech/Slovak-tuned Computer Modern fonts

csbulletin – LaTeX class for articles submitted to the CSTUG Bulletin (Zpravodaj)

cslatex – LaTeX support for Czech/Slovak typesetting

csplain – Plain TeX multilanguage support

cstex – Support for Czech/Slovak languages

hyphen-czech – Czech hyphenation patterns.

hyphen-slovak – Slovak hyphenation patterns.

lshort-czech – Czech translation of the “Short Introduction to LaTeX2e”

lshort-slovak – Slovak introduction to LaTeX

texlive-cz – TeX Live manual (Czech/Slovak)

vlna – add ~ after non-syllabic preposition, for Czech/Slovak

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

sudo apt-get -y install texlive-lang-czechslovak

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

You can also use apt command to install texlive-lang-czechslovak.

sudo apt -y install texlive-lang-czechslovak

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

sudo aptitude install texlive-lang-czechslovak

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