pqiv command not found

Introduction

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

pqiv: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pqiv: command not found

Solutions to pqiv: command not found

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

In Ubuntu pqiv is provided by pqiv package.

pqiv is:

pqiv is a powerful GTK 3 based command-line image viewer with a minimal UI. It is highly customizable, can be fully controlled from scripts, and has support for various file formats including PDF, Postscript, video files and archives. It is optimized to be quick and responsive.

It comes with support for animations, slideshows, transparency, VIM-like key bindings, automated loading of new images as they appear, external image filters, image preloading, and much more.

pqiv started as a Python rewrite of qiv avoiding imlib, but evolved into a much more powerful tool. Today, pqiv stands for powerful quick image viewer.

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

sudo apt-get -y install pqiv

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

You can also use apt command to install pqiv.

sudo apt -y install pqiv

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

sudo aptitude install pqiv

Summary

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