shanty command not found

Introduction

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

shanty: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: shanty: command not found

Solutions to shanty: command not found

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

In Ubuntu shanty is provided by shanty package.

shanty is:

Shanty takes a text file and an image (PNG or JPG) and creates a PostScript file where one pixel in the image becomes one character in the PostScript.

You can use it for making posters with the source and logo of your favourite project or with the letter and a photograph of your favourite group.

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

sudo apt-get -y install shanty

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

You can also use apt command to install shanty.

sudo apt -y install shanty

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

sudo aptitude install shanty

Summary

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