plakativ-gui command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix plakativ-gui command not found error message

Introduction

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

plakativ-gui: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: plakativ-gui: command not found

Solutions to plakativ-gui: command not found

How To Fix plakativ-gui: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu plakativ-gui is provided by plakativ package.

plakativ is:

This program is for situations when you want to create a large poster or banner but do not have a printer that supports large sheets of paper. Plakativ allows one to enlarge and split a PDF across multiple pages, creating another PDF with pages of the desired printable size. After printing, the pages can be glued together to form a larger poster. Features:

  • lossless operation
  • no pixel artifacts when upscaling if PDF contains vector graphics
  • GUI with preview functionality
  • complex layouter to save paper
  • optimize by number of pages, output poster size or multiple of input area

This package contains the executable.

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

sudo apt-get -y install plakativ

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

You can also use apt command to install plakativ.

sudo apt -y install plakativ

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

sudo aptitude install plakativ

Summary

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