gfsview command not found

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

Introduction

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

gfsview: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gfsview: command not found

Solutions to gfsview: command not found

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

In Ubuntu gfsview is provided by gfsview package.

gfsview is:

Gerris is a system for the solution of the partial differential equations describing fluid flow.

GfsView displays the results of 2D and 3D Gerris simulations. A brief summary of its main features:

* Scalar and vector cross-sections.
* Isosurfaces.
* Streamlines.
* User-defined functions.
* Fast adaptive display (using the multiresolution data
  representation of Gerris).
* Scriptable.
* Offline image generation.
* Quality PostScript, PDF and bitmap outputs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gfsview

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

You can also use apt command to install gfsview.

sudo apt -y install gfsview

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

sudo aptitude install gfsview

Summary

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