fractgen command not found

Introduction

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

fractgen: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: fractgen: command not found

Solutions to fractgen: command not found

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

In Ubuntu fractgen is provided by fractgen package.

fractgen is:

FractalGenerator is a Qt-based program to generate fractal images (e.g. Mandelbrot set). The size of the calculated images is only limited by the computer’s virtual memory. That is, images may use the full printer resolution !

It is possible to zoom into images. Image parameters can be saved in XML files and loaded from XML files. Calculated images can be exported as PNG files.

The intention of this program is to generate graphics to be post-processed by other image tools, e.g. in order to generate nice screen backgrounds or book covers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fractgen

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

You can also use apt command to install fractgen.

sudo apt -y install fractgen

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

sudo aptitude install fractgen

Summary

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