qpdldecode command not found

Introduction

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

qpdldecode: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: qpdldecode: command not found

Solutions to qpdldecode: command not found

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

In Ubuntu qpdldecode is provided by printer-driver-foo2zjs package.

printer-driver-foo2zjs is:

foo2zjs is an open source printer driver for printers that use the Zenographics ZjStream wire protocol for their print data, such as the Minolta magicolor 2200/2300/2430 DL, Minolta Color PageWorks/Pro L and HP LaserJet 1000/1005/1018/1020/1022. These printers are often erroneously referred to as “winprinters” or “GDI printers”.

This package provides the following drivers: foo2hblp2, foo2hiperc, foo2hp, foo2lava, foo2oak, foo2qpdl, foo2slx, foo2xqx, foo2zjs.

The psutils package is needed to enable n-up printing support.

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

sudo apt-get -y install printer-driver-foo2zjs

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

You can also use apt command to install printer-driver-foo2zjs.

sudo apt -y install printer-driver-foo2zjs

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

sudo aptitude install printer-driver-foo2zjs

Summary

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