planets command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix planets command not found error message

Introduction

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

planets: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: planets: command not found

In Ubuntu planets is provided by planets package.

planets is:

Planets is a simple interactive program for playing with simulations of planetary systems. It is great for teaching gravitation on planet level.

The user interface is aimed at being simple enough for a fairly young kid to enjoy it, their is a special kid-mode for this purpose.

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

sudo apt-get -y install planets

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

You can also use apt command to install planets.

sudo apt -y install planets

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

sudo aptitude install planets

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