hershey-font-gnuplot command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix hershey-font-gnuplot command not found error message

Introduction

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

hershey-font-gnuplot: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: hershey-font-gnuplot: command not found

In Ubuntu hershey-font-gnuplot is provided by hershey-font-gnuplot package.

hershey-font-gnuplot is:

The Hershey fonts are a collection of vector fonts developed circa 1967 by Dr. A. V. Hershey.

hershey-font-gnuplot renders Hershey vector font text in the form of a gnuplot input file.

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

sudo apt-get -y install hershey-font-gnuplot

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

You can also use apt command to install hershey-font-gnuplot.

sudo apt -y install hershey-font-gnuplot

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

sudo aptitude install hershey-font-gnuplot

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