kile command not found

Introduction

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

kile: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: kile: command not found

Solutions to kile: command not found

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

In Ubuntu kile is provided by kile package.

kile is:

Kile is a user-friendly LaTeX source editor and TeX shell for KDE.

The source editor is a multi-document editor designed for .tex and .bib files. Menus, wizards and auto-completion are provided to assist with tag insertion and code generation. A structural view of the document assists with navigation within source files.

The TeX shell integrates the various tools required for TeX processing. It assists with LaTeX compilation, DVI and postscript document viewing, generation of bibliographies and indices and other common tasks.

Kile can support large projects consisting of several smaller files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install kile

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

You can also use apt command to install kile.

sudo apt -y install kile

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

sudo aptitude install kile

Summary

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