pfsin command not found

Introduction

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

pfsin: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pfsin: command not found

Solutions to pfsin: command not found

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

In Ubuntu pfsin is provided by pfstools package.

pfstools is:

pfstools is a set of command line (and two GUI) programs for reading, writing, manipulating and viewing high-dynamic range (HDR) images and video frames. All programs in this package exchange data using a simple generic file format (pfs) for HDR data. It is an attempt to integrate existing file formats by providing a simple data format that can be used to exchange data between applications.

The concept of pfstools is similar to netpbm for low-dynamic range images.

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

sudo apt-get -y install pfstools

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

You can also use apt command to install pfstools.

sudo apt -y install pfstools

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

sudo aptitude install pfstools

Summary

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