scribus command not found

Introduction

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

scribus: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: scribus: command not found

Solutions to scribus: command not found

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

In Ubuntu scribus is provided by scribus package.

scribus is:

Scribus is an open source desktop page layout program with the aim of producing commercial grade output in PDF and Postscript.

Scribus can be used for many tasks; from brochure design to newspapers, magazines, newsletters and posters to technical documentation.

Scribus supports professional DTP features, such as CMYK color and a color management system to soft proof images for high quality color printing, flexible PDF creation options, Encapsulated PostScript import/export and creation of 4 color separations, import of EPS/PS and SVG as native vector graphics, Unicode text including right to left scripts such as Arabic and Hebrew via freetype. Graphic formats which can be placed in Scribus as images include PDF, Encapsulated Post Script (eps), TIFF, JPEG, PNG and XPixMap(xpm), and any bitmap type supported by QT5.

If you need to use the render frame install the texlive-latex-recommended package (suggested).

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

sudo apt-get -y install scribus

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

You can also use apt command to install scribus.

sudo apt -y install scribus

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

sudo aptitude install scribus

Summary

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