sp2sp command not found

Introduction

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

sp2sp: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: sp2sp: command not found

Solutions to sp2sp: command not found

How To Fix sp2sp: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu sp2sp is provided by gwave package.

gwave is:

Gwave is a tool for viewing analog data, such as the output of Spice simulations.

Gwave can read “raw” files from spice2G6, spice3F5 or ngspice, and a tabular ASCII format suitable for use with GnuCAP or homegrown tools. It can also read several binary and ascii files written by commercial spice-type simulators such as hspice, tspice, and nanosim.

It supports multiple “panels” (graticules) with multiple variables displayed in each. Two vertical-bar cursors are available for time-difference measurements. Multiple files can be loaded, for comparing results of several simulations.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gwave

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

You can also use apt command to install gwave.

sudo apt -y install gwave

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

sudo aptitude install gwave

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix sp2sp command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.