ftbench command not found

Introduction

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

ftbench: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ftbench: command not found

Solutions to ftbench: command not found

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

In Ubuntu ftbench is provided by freetype2-demos package.

freetype2-demos is:

The FreeType project is a team of volunteers who develop free, portable and high-quality software solutions for digital typography. They specifically target embedded systems and focus on providing small, efficient and ubiquitous products.

This package contains some demonstration programs and utilities that showcase the features of the FreeType 2 font engine.

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

sudo apt-get -y install freetype2-demos

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

You can also use apt command to install freetype2-demos.

sudo apt -y install freetype2-demos

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

sudo aptitude install freetype2-demos

Summary

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