ddrescueview command not found

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

Introduction

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

ddrescueview: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ddrescueview: command not found

Solutions to ddrescueview: command not found

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

In Ubuntu ddrescueview is provided by ddrescueview package.

ddrescueview is:

This small tool allows the user to graphically examine ddrescue’s map files in a user friendly GUI application. The Main window displays a block grid with each block’s color representing the block types it contains. Many people know this type of view from defragmentation programs.

Features:

  • Display ddrescue map in a colored block graphic
  • Examine each block in the image, see a detailed list of map entries contained
  • To keep track of the rescue process, ddrescueview can automatically re-read the mapfile
  • Units can be displayed with decimal (KB, MB…) or binary (KiB, MiB…) prefixes

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

sudo apt-get -y install ddrescueview

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

You can also use apt command to install ddrescueview.

sudo apt -y install ddrescueview

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

sudo aptitude install ddrescueview

Summary

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