pxdvi-xaw command not found

Introduction

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

pxdvi-xaw: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: pxdvi-xaw: command not found

Solutions to pxdvi-xaw: command not found

How To Fix pxdvi-xaw: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu pxdvi-xaw is provided by xdvik-ja package.

xdvik-ja is:

xdvi is a program which is used to preview DVI files, such as are produced by TeX. This localized version of xdvi can handle Japanese DVI files, called pxdvi.

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

sudo apt-get -y install xdvik-ja

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

You can also use apt command to install xdvik-ja.

sudo apt -y install xdvik-ja

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

sudo aptitude install xdvik-ja

Summary

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