g3dviewer command not found

Introduction

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

g3dviewer: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: g3dviewer: command not found

Solutions to g3dviewer: command not found

How To Fix g3dviewer: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu g3dviewer is provided by g3dviewer package.

g3dviewer is:

G3DViewer is a 3D file viewer for GTK+ supporting a variety of file types by using the LibG3D plugin facility. Models can be inspected and rendered using OpenGL. Rendering options includes wireframe rendering, shadows, isometric view, specular lightning, and textures.

See ’libg3d-plugin*’ for supported formats.

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

sudo apt-get -y install g3dviewer

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

You can also use apt command to install g3dviewer.

sudo apt -y install g3dviewer

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

sudo aptitude install g3dviewer

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix g3dviewer command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.