exif command not found

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

Introduction

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

exif: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: exif: command not found

In Ubuntu exif is provided by exif package.

exif is:

Most digital cameras produce EXIF files, which are JPEG files with extra tags that contain information about the image.

’exif’ is a small command-line utility to show EXIF information hidden in JPEG files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install exif

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

You can also use apt command to install exif.

sudo apt -y install exif

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

sudo aptitude install exif

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