cura command not found

Introduction

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

cura: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: cura: command not found

Solutions to cura: command not found

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

In Ubuntu cura is provided by cura package.

cura is:

Cura converts digital 3D models (.stl and other formats) into printing instructions (G-code) for your 3D printer. It cuts the model into horizontal slices (layers), generates toolpaths to fill them and calculates the amount of material to be extruded.

Cura is easy to use for novices and provides over 200 settings to adjust for the expert. It can output G-Code for several series of 3D printers, most notably the Ultimaker.

It provides a graphical user interface. For batch mode, check out cura-engine.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cura

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

You can also use apt command to install cura.

sudo apt -y install cura

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

sudo aptitude install cura

Summary

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