gcx command not found

Introduction

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

gcx: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gcx: command not found

Solutions to gcx: command not found

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

In Ubuntu gcx is provided by gcx package.

gcx is:

Gcx is an astronomical image processing and data reduction tool, with an easy to use graphical user interface. It provides a complete set of data reduction functions for CCD photometry, with frame WCS fitting, automatic star identification, aperture photometry of target and standard stars, single-frame ensemble photometry solution finding, multi-frame color coefficient fitting, extinction coefficient fitting, and all-sky photometry; as well as general-purpose astronomical image processing functions (bias, dark, flat, frame alignment and stacking); It can function as a FITS viewer.

The program can control CCD cameras and telescopes, and implement automatic observation scripting. Cameras are controlled through a hardware-specific server, to which gcx connects through a TCP socket. It generates FITS files with comprehensive header information.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gcx

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

You can also use apt command to install gcx.

sudo apt -y install gcx

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

sudo aptitude install gcx

Summary

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