fetch_tles command not found

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

Introduction

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

fetch_tles: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: fetch_tles: command not found

In Ubuntu fetch_tles is provided by python3-pyorbital package.

python3-pyorbital is:

Python package for computing orbital parameters from TLE files, and making diverse astronomical computations.

This package is part of the PyTroll toolset.

This is the Python 3 version of the package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-pyorbital

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

You can also use apt command to install python3-pyorbital.

sudo apt -y install python3-pyorbital

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

sudo aptitude install python3-pyorbital

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