mgl.cgi command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix mgl.cgi command not found error message

Introduction

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

mgl.cgi: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mgl.cgi: command not found

Solutions to mgl.cgi: command not found

How To Fix mgl.cgi: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu mgl.cgi is provided by mathgl package.

mathgl is:

A free cross-platform library of fast C++ routines for plotting data in up to 3 dimensions. It can export plots to bitmaps and vector EPS, SVG, IDTF files. There are simple window interfaces based on GLUT, FLTK and/or Qt. MathGL can also be used in the console. There are interfaces to a set of languages, such as, C, Fortran, Pascal, Forth, Python, Octave.

This package contains MathGL utilities and examples.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mathgl

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

You can also use apt command to install mathgl.

sudo apt -y install mathgl

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

sudo aptitude install mathgl

Summary

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