ink command not found

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

Introduction

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

ink: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: ink: command not found

In Ubuntu ink is provided by ink package.

ink is:

Ink is a command line tool based on libinklevel5 to check ink level of your local printer.

Printers of Canon, Epson, HP and Sony are supported. Complete list can be found at README.Debian of libinklevel5 package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ink

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

You can also use apt command to install ink.

sudo apt -y install ink

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

sudo aptitude install ink

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