exrdisplay command not found

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

Introduction

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

exrdisplay: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: exrdisplay: command not found

Solutions to exrdisplay: command not found

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

In Ubuntu exrdisplay is provided by openexr-viewers package.

openexr-viewers is:

OpenEXR is a high dynamic-range (HDR) image file format developed by Industrial Light & Magic for use in computer imaging applications.

This package contains the following utility:

  • exrdisplay : simple viewer for EXR images

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

sudo apt-get -y install openexr-viewers

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

You can also use apt command to install openexr-viewers.

sudo apt -y install openexr-viewers

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

sudo aptitude install openexr-viewers

Summary

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