silx command not found

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

Introduction

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

silx: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: silx: command not found

Solutions to silx: command not found

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

In Ubuntu silx is provided by silx package.

silx is:

The silx project aims at providing a collection of Python packages to support the development of data assessment, reduction and analysis applications at synchrotron radiation facilities. It aims at providing reading/writing different file formats, data reduction routines and a set of Qt widgets to browse and visualize data.

The current version provides :

  • reading HDF5 file format (with support of SPEC file format)
  • histogramming
  • fitting
  • 1D and 2D visualization using multiple backends (matplotlib or OpenGL)
  • image plot widget with a set of associated tools (See changelog file).
  • Unified browser for HDF5, SPEC and image file formats supporting inspection and visualization of n-dimensional datasets.
  • Unified viewer (silx view filename) for HDF5, SPEC and image file formats
  • OpenGL-based widget to display 3D scalar field with isosurface and cutting plane.

This uses the Python 3 version of the package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install silx

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

You can also use apt command to install silx.

sudo apt -y install silx

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

sudo aptitude install silx

Summary

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