pct-scanner-script command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix pct-scanner-script command not found error message

Introduction

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

pct-scanner-script: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pct-scanner-script: command not found

Solutions to pct-scanner-script: command not found

How To Fix pct-scanner-script: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu pct-scanner-script is provided by pct-scanner-scripts package.

pct-scanner-scripts is:

This package contains a script and configuration system to easily scan documents and create digital archives. It can create DjVu PDF and JPEG outputs, in merged and individual files. It also has a configuration file system where different configurations can be defined, making it easy to switch between configurations.

Features:

auto archiving in merged and individual DjVu, PDF, and JPEG files
auto and manual resume when scanning somehow fails
cascading configuration system, for easy customizing
easy command-line-style bash program, with useful options
archiving made possible with both ADF and flatbed scanners
built for productivity and daily use
uses bash, scanadf and other mainstream processing tools
multilanguage commandline output

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

sudo apt-get -y install pct-scanner-scripts

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

You can also use apt command to install pct-scanner-scripts.

sudo apt -y install pct-scanner-scripts

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

sudo aptitude install pct-scanner-scripts

Summary

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