giftrans command not found

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

Introduction

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

giftrans: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: giftrans: command not found

Solutions to giftrans: command not found

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

In Ubuntu giftrans is provided by giftrans package.

giftrans is:

Allows for setting a specific transparent or background color of GIF images as well as changing colors, adding or removing comments. Also provides the ability to analyze GIF contents.

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

sudo apt-get -y install giftrans

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

You can also use apt command to install giftrans.

sudo apt -y install giftrans

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

sudo aptitude install giftrans

Summary

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