printtarg command not found

Introduction

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

printtarg: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: printtarg: command not found

Solutions to printtarg: command not found

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

In Ubuntu printtarg is provided by argyll package.

argyll is:

Argyll is an experimental, open source, ICC compatible color management system. It supports accurate ICC profile creation for scanners, CMYK printers, film recorders and calibration and profiling of displays. Spectral sample data is supported, allowing a selection of illuminants observer types, and paper fluorescent whitener additive compensation. Profiles can also incorporate source specific gamut mappings for perceptual and saturation intents. Gamut mapping and profile linking uses the CIECAM02 appearance model, a unique gamut mapping algorithm, and a wide selection of rendering intents. It also includes code for the fastest portable 8 bit raster color conversion engine available anywhere, as well as support for fast, fully accurate 16 bit conversion. Device color gamuts can also be viewed and compared using a VRML viewer.

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

sudo apt-get -y install argyll

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

You can also use apt command to install argyll.

sudo apt -y install argyll

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

sudo aptitude install argyll

Summary

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