mp2pdf command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix mp2pdf command not found error message

Introduction

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

mp2pdf: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mp2pdf: command not found

Solutions to mp2pdf: command not found

How To Fix mp2pdf: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu mp2pdf is provided by bsdowl package.

bsdowl is:

This collection of BSD Make directives aims at providing a highly portable universal build system targeting modern UNIX systems and supporting common or less common languages.

It can already be used to:

  • Prepare and publish TeX documents;
  • Develop TeX macros with NOWEB;
  • Develop OCaml software;
  • Maintain and deploy FreeBSD workstation configuration files;
  • Prepare static website with ONSGMLS.

It is well tested under:

  • Mac OS X, version 10.6.8 and above
  • FreeBSD, version 9.0 and above
  • Debian Jessie and newer

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

sudo apt-get -y install bsdowl

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

You can also use apt command to install bsdowl.

sudo apt -y install bsdowl

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

sudo aptitude install bsdowl

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix mp2pdf command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.