retext command not found

Introduction

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

retext: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: retext: command not found

Solutions to retext: command not found

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

In Ubuntu retext is provided by retext package.

retext is:

ReText is a simple editor for Markdown and reStructuredText markup languages.

ReText supports tabs, live text preview and syntax highlighting. Supported export formats: HTML, ODT, PDF. It is also possible to write custom export extensions.

It is written in Python using Qt libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install retext

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

You can also use apt command to install retext.

sudo apt -y install retext

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

sudo aptitude install retext

Summary

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