qrencode command not found

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

Introduction

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

qrencode: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: qrencode: command not found

In Ubuntu qrencode is provided by qrencode package.

qrencode is:

Qrencode is a utility software using libqrencode to encode string data in a QR Code and save as a PNG or an EPS image.

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

sudo apt-get -y install qrencode

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

You can also use apt command to install qrencode.

sudo apt -y install qrencode

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

sudo aptitude install qrencode

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