orpie-curses-keys command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix orpie-curses-keys command not found error message

Introduction

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

orpie-curses-keys: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: orpie-curses-keys: command not found

Solutions to orpie-curses-keys: command not found

How To Fix orpie-curses-keys: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu orpie-curses-keys is provided by orpie package.

orpie is:

Orpie is a fullscreen RPN calculator for the console. Its operation is similar to that of modern HP calculators, but data entry has been optimized for efficiency on a PC keyboard. Features include:

  • real and complex numbers and matrices
  • extensive function library
  • command completion of function names
  • base conversions
  • units and conversion factor handling
  • exact integer arithmetic, with unlimited integer size
  • visible stack, with browsing/modification capability
  • user-defined variables
  • user-configurable keybindings, via a Mutt-like rcfile
  • context-sensitive help

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

sudo apt-get -y install orpie

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

You can also use apt command to install orpie.

sudo apt -y install orpie

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

sudo aptitude install orpie

Summary

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