showttf command not found

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

Introduction

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

showttf: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: showttf: command not found

In Ubuntu showttf is provided by fontforge-extras package.

fontforge-extras is:

FontForge is a font editor. Use it to create, edit and convert fonts in OpenType, TrueType, UFO, CID-keyed, Multiple Master, and many other formats.

This package also provides these programs and utilities: acorn2sfd dewoff woff findtable pcl2ttf pfadecrypt rmligamarks showttf stripttc ttf2eps

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

sudo apt-get -y install fontforge-extras

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

You can also use apt command to install fontforge-extras.

sudo apt -y install fontforge-extras

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

sudo aptitude install fontforge-extras

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