install-printerdriver command not found

Introduction

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

install-printerdriver: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: install-printerdriver: command not found

Solutions to install-printerdriver: command not found

How To Fix install-printerdriver: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu install-printerdriver is provided by system-config-printer package.

system-config-printer is:

System-config-printer is a GUI written in Python using GTK+ to configure a CUPS server. Its primary use is to configure the printing system on the local host, but can also be used to setup a remote printer.

In terms of features, it aims to be as complete as the CUPS web administration tool, while being integrated to the desktop.

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

sudo apt-get -y install system-config-printer

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

You can also use apt command to install system-config-printer.

sudo apt -y install system-config-printer

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

sudo aptitude install system-config-printer

Summary

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