mypaint command not found

Introduction

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

mypaint: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: mypaint: command not found

Solutions to mypaint: command not found

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

In Ubuntu mypaint is provided by mypaint package.

mypaint is:

MyPaint is a pressure- and tilt-sensitive painting program which works well with Wacom graphics tablets and other similar devices. It comes with a large brush collection including charcoal and ink to emulate real media, but the highly configurable brush engine allows you to experiment with your own brushes and with not-quite-natural painting.

This package contains the main program.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mypaint

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

You can also use apt command to install mypaint.

sudo apt -y install mypaint

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

sudo aptitude install mypaint

Summary

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