slice2php command not found

Introduction

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

slice2php: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: slice2php: command not found

Solutions to slice2php: command not found

How To Fix slice2php: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu slice2php is provided by zeroc-ice-compilers package.

zeroc-ice-compilers is:

This package contains Slice compilers for developing Ice applications.

Ice is a comprehensive RPC framework that helps you network your software with minimal effort. Ice takes care of all interactions with low-level network programming interfaces and allows you to focus your efforts on your application logic.

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

sudo apt-get -y install zeroc-ice-compilers

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

You can also use apt command to install zeroc-ice-compilers.

sudo apt -y install zeroc-ice-compilers

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

sudo aptitude install zeroc-ice-compilers

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix slice2php command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.