plater command not found

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

Introduction

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

plater: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: plater: command not found

Solutions to plater: command not found

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

In Ubuntu plater is provided by plater package.

plater is:

Printrun is a full suite of host interfaces for 3D printers and CNC, consisting of:

  • printcore, a standalone non-interactive G-Code sender
  • pronsole, an interactive command-line host
  • pronterface, a graphical host software with the same functionality as pronsole

Together with Slic3r they form a powerful 3d printing toolchain.

This package contains scripts and metadata for plater, a graphical tool to set-up STL files onto the printing plate.

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

sudo apt-get -y install plater

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

You can also use apt command to install plater.

sudo apt -y install plater

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

sudo aptitude install plater

Summary

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